Vacillation: alternatives and connections

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

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The state of being indecisive; unsettled state.

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

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The act, process, or state of changing place or position; movement; the passing of a body from one place or position to another, whether voluntary or…

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To cause to change place or posture in any manner; to set in motion; to carry, convey, draw, or push from one place to another; to impel; to stir; as…

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The act of moving; change of place or posture; transference, by any means, from one situation to another; natural or appropriate motion; progress; ad…

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To move one way and the other; to reel or stagger; to waver.

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To move one way and the other; to reel or stagger; to waver.

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

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To move to and fro, as a body suspended in the air; to wave; to vibrate; to oscillate.

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of Swing

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of Waver

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