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Ha rifiutato la possibilità senza nessun'esitazione.

Ha rifiutato la possibilità senza nessun'esitazione.
He rejected the possibility without any hesitation.
From Lesson 259:The negative adjective (nessun, nessuna)·Italian

Questions & Answers about Ha rifiutato la possibilità senza nessun'esitazione.

Why does nessun' have an apostrophe in this sentence?
It modifies the feminine noun esitazione. The base feminine form of the adjective is nessuna. When nessuna comes before a feminine noun that starts with a vowel, it drops the final a and takes an apostrophe, becoming nessun'.
If the noun were masculine and started with a vowel, like amico, would it still use an apostrophe?
No, and this is a very common trap! For masculine nouns starting with a vowel, you use the form nessun without an apostrophe (for example, nessun amico). The apostrophe is strictly used for feminine nouns to show where the a from nessuna was removed.
Words like nessuno usually require a non before the verb. Why is there no non here?
The preposition senza (without) already carries a negative meaning. When you pair senza with a negative word like nessun', it acts as the sentence's negative trigger, so you do not need to add non to the verb.
How can I tell that esitazione is feminine?
Almost all Italian nouns ending in -zione are feminine. Recognizing this ending is a highly reliable shortcut for knowing when to use feminine modifiers like la, una, or in this case, nessuna (which then becomes nessun').

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