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Indecision

Want of decision; want of settled purpose, or of firmness; indetermination; wavering of mind; irresolution; vacillation; hesitation.

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Broader term 7

Doubt 76% connected

To waver in opinion or judgment; to be in uncertainty as to belief respecting anything; to hesitate in belief; to be undecided as to the truth of the…

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Doubtfulness 76% connected

State of being doubtful.

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Dubiety 76% connected

Doubtfulness; uncertainty; doubt.

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Dubiousness 76% connected

State of being dubious.

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Incertitude 76% connected

Uncertainty; doubtfulness; doubt.

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Irresolution 76% connected

Want of resolution; want of decision in purpose; a fluctuation of mind, as in doubt, or between hope and fear; irresoluteness; indecision; vacillatio…

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

Open English WordNet identifies the related term as a broader lexical category for at least one sense.

Uncertainty 76% connected

The quality or state of being uncertain.

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Narrower term 3

Hesitation 76% connected

The act of hesitating; suspension of opinion or action; doubt; vacillation.

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Vacillation 76% connected

The act of vacillating; a moving one way and the other; a wavering.

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Wavering 76% connected

of Waver

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Derivationally related 2

Indecisive 74% connected

Not decisive; not bringing to a final or ultimate issue; as, an indecisive battle, argument, answer.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Indecisive 74% connected

Not decisive; not bringing to a final or ultimate issue; as, an indecisive battle, argument, answer.

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Synonym 2

Indecisiveness 92% connected

The state of being indecisive; unsettled state.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Irresolution 92% connected

Want of resolution; want of decision in purpose; a fluctuation of mind, as in doubt, or between hope and fear; irresoluteness; indecision; vacillatio…

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

Open English WordNet places these words in at least one shared synset. They share a lexicalised sense, but context, register and collocation should still be checked before substitution.

Antonym 2

Decision 94% connected

Cutting off; division; detachment of a part.

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Decision 94% connected

Cutting off; division; detachment of a part.

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