Dictionary

vacillation en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• /væsɪˈleɪʃən/
• (Southern-England) audio

Etymology

From Middle English vacillacion, a learned borrowing from Latin vacillātiō (“swaying”). By surface analysis, vacillate + -ion.

Meanings

1. (countable, uncountable) Indecision in speech or action.
2. (countable, uncountable) Changing location by moving back and forth.

Forms

Relateds

vacillate

Synonyms

hesitation (indecision) · swing (motion) · wavering (indecision) · swinging (motion)

Translations (22)

bg нереши́телност (Indecision in speech or action) · es vacilación (Changing location by moving back and forth) · bg колебливост (Indecision in speech or action) · de Unschlüssigkeit (Indecision in speech or action) · de Zögerlichkeit (Indecision in speech or action) · ka ორჭოფობა (Indecision in speech or action) · es vacilación (Indecision in speech or action) · ru нереши́тельность (Indecision in speech or action) · fr vacillation (Indecision in speech or action) · ka მერყეობა (Indecision in speech or action) · ka ყოყმანი (Indecision in speech or action) · ga luaineacht (Indecision in speech or action) · de Unentschlossenheit (Indecision in speech or action) · bg колебание (Changing location by moving back and forth) · ca vacil·lació (Indecision in speech or action) · ka გადაუწყვეტლობა (Indecision in speech or action) · bg люлеене (Changing location by moving back and forth) · ha zàrā (Changing location by moving back and forth) · el ταλάντευση (Indecision in speech or action) · sv tveksamhet (Indecision in speech or action) · ca vacil·lació (Changing location by moving back and forth) · el ταλάντευση (Changing location by moving back and forth)