vacillation
noun/væsɪˈleɪʃən/
Etymology From Middle English vacillacion, a learned borrowing from Latin vacillātiō (“swaying”). By surface analysis, vacillate + -ion.
1
Indecision in speech or action.
2
Changing location by moving back and forth.
- Synonyms
- hesitation, wavering, swing, swinging
- Related terms
- vacillate