VACILLATION

swing, swinging, vacillation

(noun) changing location by moving back and forth

hesitation, vacillation, wavering

(noun) indecision in speech or action

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Noun

vacillation (countable and uncountable, plural vacillations)

Indecision in speech or action.

Changing location by moving back and forth.

Synonyms

• (indecision): hesitation, wavering

• (motion): swing, swinging

Anagrams

• cavillation

Source: Wiktionary


Vac`il*la"tion, n. Etym: [L. vacillatio: cf. F. vacillation.]

1. The act of vacillating; a moving one way and the other; a wavering. His vacillations, or an alternation of knowledge and doubt. Jer. Taylor.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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