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Meanings of irresolution in English

Portuguese
indecisão
Catalan
indeterminació

Doubt concerning two or more possible alternatives or courses of action.

        indecisão
        Catalan
        irresolució

        The trait of being irresolute; lacking firmness of purpose.

            irresolució
            Usage of irresolution in English
            1
            Jean gave vent to a muttered oath in his irresolution and despair.
            The Downfall
            2
            There was a look of mingled irresolution and determination in her face.
            Celibates
            3
            Her slender fingers writhed together in her agony of doubt and irresolution.
            The False Faces: Further Adventures from the History of the Lone...
            4
            Her attitude reflected the state of that mind-itexpressed irresolution and perplexity.
            Lady Audley's Secret
            5
            There is no habit that so grows on the soul as irresolution.
            Pushing to the Front
            6
            But that fatal irresolution inherent to the Stuart race hung upon her.
            Letters to Sir William Windham and Mr. Pope
            7
            And then he made a compromise with his own weakness and irresolution.
            If Only etc.
            8
            Hamlet cannot carry revenge to murder and fails through his own irresolution.
            The Man Shakespeare and His Tragic Life Story
            9
            We have already remarked that such forms of irresolution constituted a martyrdom.
            Poise: How to Attain It
            10
            He spoke with a little irresolution whenever he began, but afterwards fluently.
            The Lazy Tour of Two Idle Apprentices
            11
            Your want of appetite, without doubt, is only owing to your irresolution.
            The Arabian Nights Entertainments — Volume 02
            12
            That weakness was irresolution, craft without wisdom, diplomacy without knowledge of men.
            Sketches and Studies in Italy and Greece, Second Series
            13
            This sudden pinning of her irresolution almost took Lady Alicia's breath away.
            The Lunatic at Large
            14
            He had no power to resist, all was wickedness, irresolution, constant yielding.
            The Wonders of Prayer / A Record of Well Authenticated and Wonde...
            15
            She read there grudging admiration, arrested ardor, irresolution, dubiety, and secret calculation.
            The Palace of Darkened Windows
            16
            In either case, feebleness and irresolution must be the characteristics of the station.
            The Federalist Papers
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            Portuguese
            indecisão
            Irresolution through the time
            Irresolution across language varieties
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