vacillation

[ vas-uh-ley-shuhn ]
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noun
  1. an act or instance of vacillating.

  2. a state of indecision or irresolution.

  1. unsteady movement; fluctuation.

Origin of vacillation

1
1350–1400; Middle English vacillacion<Latin vacillātiōn- (stem of vacillātiō) a swaying. See vacillate, -ion

Other words from vacillation

  • non·vac·il·la·tion, noun

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