vacillation

Estimated CEFR level: C2 — Proficiency

Estimated from word frequency; not an official CEFR classification.

Definition

  1. noun indecision in speech or action
  2. noun changing location by moving back and forth

Etymology

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

In classic literature

Synonyms

hesitation, wavering

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