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Webster 1913 Edition


Vacillation

Vacˊil-la′tion

,
Noun.
[L.
vacillatio
: cf. F.
vacillation
.]
1.
The act of vacillating; a moving one way and the other; a wavering.
His
vacillations
, always exhibited most pitiably in emergencies.
Macaulay.
2.
Unsteadiness of purpose; changeableness.
There is a
vacillation
, or an alternation of knowledge and doubt.
Jer. Taylor.

Webster 1828 Edition


Vacillation

VACILLA'TION

,
Noun.
[L. vacillatio.]
1.
A wavering; a moving one way and the other; a reeling or staggering.
2.
Fluctuation of mind; unsteadiness; change from one object to another.

Definition 2024


vacillation

vacillation

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Noun

vacillation (countable and uncountable, plural vacillations)

  1. Indecision in speech or action.
  2. Changing location by moving back and forth.

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