vacillation
an act or instance of vacillating.
a state of indecision or irresolution.
unsteady movement; fluctuation.
Origin of vacillation
1Other words from vacillation
- non·vac·il·la·tion, noun
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How to use vacillation in a sentence
Cameras and laser-based detectors mounted on the ceiling capture and quantify those pauses and vacillations.
Has the fountain of youth been in our blood all along? | Kat McGowan | September 28, 2021 | Popular-ScienceAfter some vacillation, I decided to include the translation at the very end of the entry, especially because, as a runner-up, it appeared near the top of the list of more than 30 entries.
Style Conversational Week 1419: A smile for the Capitol? | Pat Myers | January 14, 2021 | Washington PostOn the other hand, the vacillation in policy and the policy uncertainty is unsettling, just like it would be for employees in a company.
Does the President Matter as Much as You Think? (Ep. 404) | Stephen J. Dubner | February 6, 2020 | FreakonomicsHe also could blame the downturn on the vacillation of authorities—and politics.
At the Pentagon, which bears the brunt of much of this hesitation and vacillation, the mood is one of not-so-quiet desperation.
Paul Krugman of The New York Times is convinced that the president's weakness and vacillation are to blame.
Before parliament was prorogued the weakness and vacillation of the ministry had been very apparent.
The History of England in Three Volumes, Vol.III. | E. Farr and E. H. NolanHe was generally a man of prompt decision, and he well knew that he would incur by this act the charge of vacillation.
Eric, or Little by Little | Frederic W. FarrarAll this vacillation harmonised with the foreign and domestic policy of Sir Robert Peel, under whose instructions he acted.
The History of England in Three Volumes, Vol.III. | E. Farr and E. H. NolanAt Erfurt the same vacillation overmastered Napoleon (p. 181) as that with which he had been tormented since Tilsit.
The Life of Napoleon Bonaparte | William Milligan SloaneAgain, the vacillation of the ministry defeated the expedition against Canada.
A short history of Rhode Island | George Washington Greene
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