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Meanings of vacillation in English

Portuguese
indecisão
Spanish
vacilación

Indecision in speech or action.

        indecisão
        Catalan
        vaivé
        Spanish
        intercambio de pareja

        Changing location by moving back and forth.

              vaivé
              Usage of vacillation in English
              1
              He has been more thoughtful; and all the old vacillation is gone.
              Elster's Folly: A Novel
              2
              One of the best-hearted men living, he did nothing in his vacillation.
              Elster's Folly: A Novel
              3
              Her present attitude I set down to the vacillation of her character.
              The Passenger from Calais
              4
              Ambiguity or vagueness indicates either vacillation or the inability to formulate orders.
              Infantry Drill Regulations, United States Army, 1911 / Corrected...
              5
              When at last he did all trace of the vacillation had disappeared.
              Complete Books of Blood
              6
              It was lost to him now; as witness his present miserable vacillation.
              Australia Felix
              7
              All such vacillation vanished in the excitement of his taste of Court life.
              The False Chevalier / or, The Lifeguard of Marie Antoinette
              8
              But he was no longer the same man; his mind showed its vacillation.
              Ursula
              9
              It also speaks of confusion, vacillation, anger, torment, and his father.
              Rising tide: the great mississippi flood of 1927 and how it chan...
              10
              For this vacillation in his religion has Bayle endured bitter censure.
              Curiosities of Literature, Vol. 2
              11
              It is a strange instance of high-placed weakness and conscientious vacillation.
              The English Constitution
              12
              Yet many failures are caused by ill-advised changes and causeless vacillation of purpose.
              Pushing to the Front
              13
              It is said that there has been supineness, vacillation and hesitation.
              Indian speeches (1907-1909)
              14
              This element was well caught by Nicky English's vacillation as pundit.
              The Irish Times
              15
              Looking for weakness, hesitation, indecision, vacillation... anything that would trigger her predator's instincts.
              Cauldron of Ghosts
              16
              More men are ruined by vacillation than from any other cause.
              The Good Time Coming
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              Translations for vacillation
              Portuguese
              indecisão
              Catalan
              vaivé
              Vacillation through the time
              Vacillation across language varieties
              United Kingdom
              Common