колебание noun (act of moving back and forth, swinging, or waving — see also flutter, tremble)
маша noun (tool used to make hair wavy)
варирам verb (chiefly of a quality or thing: to change, to fluctuate, to vary — see also change, fluctuate, vary)
двоумя се verb (to feel or show doubt or indecision; to be indecisive between choices — see also vacillate)

Chinese Mandarin

1 entries

動搖 /动摇 verb (to begin to weaken or show signs of weakening in resolve — see also falter, flinch, give way)

Czech

4 entries

být nerozhodný verb (to feel or show doubt or indecision; to be indecisive between choices — see also vacillate)
chvět se verb (to sway back and forth, as if about to fall — see also reel, stagger, totter)
klátit se verb (to sway back and forth, as if about to fall — see also reel, stagger, totter)
kolísat verb (chiefly of a quality or thing: to change, to fluctuate, to vary — see also change, fluctuate, vary)

Dutch

4 entries

wuiver noun (one who waves their arms, or causes something to swing or wave)
zwaaier noun (one who waves their arms, or causes something to swing or wave)
beven verb (of a body part such as an eye or hand, or the voice: to become unsteady — see also shake, tremble)
flikkeren verb (of light, shadow, or a partly obscured thing: to flicker, to glimmer, to quiver — see also flicker, glimmer, quiver)

Finnish

4 entries

epäröinti noun (act of moving back and forth, swinging, or waving — see also flutter, tremble)
heilunta noun (act of moving back and forth, swinging, or waving — see also flutter, tremble)
horjunta noun (act of moving back and forth, swinging, or waving — see also flutter, tremble)
huojunta noun (act of moving back and forth, swinging, or waving — see also flutter, tremble)

French

1 entries

vaciller verb (to sway back and forth, as if about to fall — see also reel, stagger, totter)

Greenlandic

4 entries

aalajavoq verb (to feel or show doubt or indecision; to be indecisive between choices — see also vacillate)
angaluppoq verb (of light, shadow, or a partly obscured thing: to flicker, to glimmer, to quiver — see also flicker, glimmer, quiver)
isumaa oqippoq verb (to begin to weaken or show signs of weakening in resolve — see also falter, flinch, give way)
sajuppoq verb (of a body part such as an eye or hand, or the voice: to become unsteady — see also shake, tremble)

Hungarian

1 entries

habozik verb (to feel or show doubt or indecision; to be indecisive between choices — see also vacillate)

Ido

1 entries

fluktuar verb (chiefly of a quality or thing: to change, to fluctuate, to vary — see also change, fluctuate, vary)

Italian

1 entries

vacillare verb (to begin to weaken or show signs of weakening in resolve — see also falter, flinch, give way)

Japanese

2 entries

揺らぐ verb (to sway back and forth, as if about to fall — see also reel, stagger, totter)
揺らぐ verb (of a body part such as an eye or hand, or the voice: to become unsteady — see also shake, tremble)

Latin

3 entries

labō verb (to begin to weaken or show signs of weakening in resolve — see also falter, flinch, give way)
vacillō verb (to sway back and forth, as if about to fall — see also reel, stagger, totter)
vacillō verb (to feel or show doubt or indecision; to be indecisive between choices — see also vacillate)

Māori

4 entries

kōrapa verb (to begin to weaken or show signs of weakening in resolve — see also falter, flinch, give way)
kōrapa verb (to feel or show doubt or indecision; to be indecisive between choices — see also vacillate)
manei verb (to begin to weaken or show signs of weakening in resolve — see also falter, flinch, give way)
mānenei verb (to begin to weaken or show signs of weakening in resolve — see also falter, flinch, give way)

Portuguese

1 entries

vacilar verb (to feel or show doubt or indecision; to be indecisive between choices — see also vacillate)

Russian

2 entries

дрожа́ть verb (of light, shadow, or a partly obscured thing: to flicker, to glimmer, to quiver — see also flicker, glimmer, quiver)
колыха́ться verb (of light, shadow, or a partly obscured thing: to flicker, to glimmer, to quiver — see also flicker, glimmer, quiver)

Serbo-Croatian

4 entries

kolebati se verb (to begin to weaken or show signs of weakening in resolve — see also falter, flinch, give way)
kolebati se verb (to feel or show doubt or indecision; to be indecisive between choices — see also vacillate)
njihati se verb (to sway back and forth, as if about to fall — see also reel, stagger, totter)
pokolebati se verb (to begin to weaken or show signs of weakening in resolve — see also falter, flinch, give way)

Spanish

4 entries

balancearse verb (to sway back and forth, as if about to fall — see also reel, stagger, totter)
flaquear verb (to begin to weaken or show signs of weakening in resolve — see also falter, flinch, give way)
fluctuar verb (chiefly of a quality or thing: to change, to fluctuate, to vary — see also change, fluctuate, vary)
ondear verb (to sway back and forth, as if about to fall — see also reel, stagger, totter)

Swedish

1 entries

skälva verb (of a body part such as an eye or hand, or the voice: to become unsteady — see also shake, tremble)

Tamil

4 entries

அலை verb (to feel or show doubt or indecision; to be indecisive between choices — see also vacillate)
அலை verb (chiefly of a quality or thing: to change, to fluctuate, to vary — see also change, fluctuate, vary)
தயங்கு verb (to feel or show doubt or indecision; to be indecisive between choices — see also vacillate)
தள்ளாடு verb (to sway back and forth, as if about to fall — see also reel, stagger, totter)

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"Thus while they waver and, perplex with doubt, / urge diverse counsels, and in parts divide, / lo, from the citadel, foremost of a rout, / breathless Laocoon runs, and from afar cries out: / 'Ah! wretched townsmen! do ye think the foe / gone, or that guileless are their gifts? O blind / with madness! Thus Ulysses do ye know?'"

Source: tatoeba (6804543)

Now my mind began to waver, whether I should return to merchandise which I had given over, or pursue religion flying from me. In the mean time it comes into my mind that they might be joined together.

Source: tatoeba (7351008)

Now my mind began to waver, whether I should return to business which I had given up, or pursue religion which was fleeing from me. In the meanwhile it came to my mind that they might be brought together.

Source: tatoeba (7351037)

We will also not waver in our values and our principles as a nation.

Source: tatoeba (11470851)

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