Vacillation

//væsɪˈleɪʃən// noun

noun ·Uncommon ·College level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    Indecision in speech or action. countable, uncountable
  2. 2
    changing location by moving back and forth wordnet
  3. 3
    Changing location by moving back and forth. countable, uncountable
  4. 4
    indecision in speech or action wordnet

Synonyms

All synonyms
hesitationhesitationswingswingingwaveringswing

Etymology

From Latin vacillātiō (“swaying”).

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