stagger

stagger is a Verb

Definition:

[1] To move to one side and the other, as if about to fall, in standing or walking; not to stand or walk with steadiness; to sway; to reel or totter. Deep was the wound; he staggered with the blow. Dryden.

[2] To cease to stand firm; to begin to give way; to fail. "The enemy staggers." Addison.

[3] To begin to doubt and waver in purposes; to become less confident or determined; to hesitate. He [Abraham] staggered not at the promise of God through unbelief. Rom. iv. 20.