Vacillation
[,væsl'eʃən]
Definition
(n.) The act of vacillating; a moving one way and the other; a wavering.
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Synonyms and Synonymous
n. [1]. Swaying, reeling, staggering, rocking.[2]. Wavering, fluctuation, hesitation, unsteadiness, inconstancy.
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Examples
- Perdita's name was not mentioned; yet I could not doubt that love for her caused the vacillation of purpose that he exhibited. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
- The design was a bold one; but we have the same authority for saying that in the execution Johnston showed vacillation and indecision. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- Linked up closely with this Greek vacillation was the entry of Bulgaria into the war (October 12th, 1915). H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
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