vacillation

English

WOTD – 3 November 2015

Etymology

From Latin vacillatio "swaying".

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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

Translations

Indecision in speech or action

Catalan: vacil·lació (ca) f
Georgian: ყოყმანი (q̇oq̇mani), მერყეობა (merq̇eoba), გადაუწყვეტლობა (gadauc̣q̇veṭloba)
German: Unentschlossenheit (de) f, Zögerlichkeit f, Unschlüssigkeit f
Greek: ταλάντευση (el) f (talántefsi)
Irish: luaineacht f

Russian: нереши́тельность (ru) f (nerešítelʹnostʹ)
Spanish: vacilación (es) f
Swedish: tveksamhet (sv) c

Changing location by moving back and forth

Catalan: vacil·lació (ca) f
Greek: ταλάντευση (el) f (talántefsi)

Hausa: zàrā f
Spanish: vacilación (es) f

See also

vacillate

Anagrams

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