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Meanings of
vacillation
in English
Portuguese
indecisão
Spanish
vacilación
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Indecision in speech or action.
hesitation
wavering
Portuguese
indecisão
Catalan
vaivé
Spanish
intercambio de pareja
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Changing location by moving back and forth.
swing
swinging
Catalan
vaivé
Usage of
vacillation
in English
1
He has been more thoughtful; and all the old
vacillation
is gone.
2
One of the best-hearted men living, he did nothing in his
vacillation
.
3
Her present attitude I set down to the
vacillation
of her character.
4
Ambiguity or vagueness indicates either
vacillation
or the inability to formulate orders.
5
When at last he did all trace of the
vacillation
had disappeared.
6
It was lost to him now; as witness his present miserable
vacillation
.
7
All such
vacillation
vanished in the excitement of his taste of Court life.
8
But he was no longer the same man; his mind showed its
vacillation
.
9
It also speaks of confusion,
vacillation
,
anger, torment, and his father.
10
For this
vacillation
in his religion has Bayle endured bitter censure.
11
It is a strange instance of high-placed weakness and conscientious
vacillation
.
12
Yet many failures are caused by ill-advised changes and causeless
vacillation
of purpose.
13
It is said that there has been supineness,
vacillation
and hesitation.
14
This element was well caught by Nicky English's
vacillation
as pundit.
15
Looking for weakness, hesitation, indecision,
vacillation
...
anything that would trigger her predator's instincts.
16
More men are ruined by
vacillation
than from any other cause.
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Grammar, pronunciation and more
About this term
vacillation
Noun
Singular
Frequent collocations
much vacillation
be no vacillation
long vacillation
mental vacillation
allow for vacillation
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Translations for
vacillation
Portuguese
indecisão
Spanish
vacilación
intercambio de pareja
balanceo
oscilación
Catalan
vaivé
Vacillation
through the time
Vacillation
across language varieties
United Kingdom
Common