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vacillation::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | hesitation, wavering |
| Type of | indecision, indecisiveness, irresolution |
| Derivation | vacillate |
Examples of vacillation
vacillation
After considerable vacillation, the military leadership declared its neutrality.
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The hardening of positions followed a week of vacillation by Heath's government.
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The message currently being sent to Tehran is one of vacillation and confusion.
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Quan has been criticized for the vacillation of her response to the protesters.
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What effect did his vacillation have on the negotiations to free the hostages?
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Both of these patterns involve vacillation between deprivation and overindulgence.
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It was Shah Alam II's poor judgement and vacillation that led to his own downfall.
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True, these late political bloomers are starting to be outed for their vacillation.
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There were decades of vacillation between the Latin and the Orthodox options.
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- Hesitation: indecision in speech or action
- Swing: changing location by moving back and forth
- (vacillate) hover: be undecided about something; waver between conflicting positions or courses of action; "He oscillates between accepting the new position and retirement"
- (vacillate) fluctuate: move or sway in a rising and falling or wavelike pattern; "the line on the monitor vacillated"
- (vacillating) vacillant: uncertain in purpose or action
- (vacillate) To sway unsteadily from one side to the other; oscillate; To swing indecisively from one course of action or opinion to another
- (vacillatory) Liable to waver; irresolute and hesitant
- (vacillate) (v) to waver in opinion or decision
- (Vacillate) be unable to decide, swing back and forth * Love Triangle
