vacillation | Definition of vacillation

Synonyms and Antonyms of vacillation

a state or an instance of temporary inaction because of uncertainty about the right course of action

the president was soundly criticized for his vacillation before responding to the crisis

Synonyms of vacillation

faltering, fence-sitting, hesitance, hesitancy, hesitation, indecision, irresolution, pause, shilly-shally, shilly-shallying, wavering, wobbling (also wabbling)

Words Related to vacillation

delay, hawing, procrastination, waiting

arrière-pensée, misgiving, second thought

consideration, debate, deliberation, doubt, incertitude, indecisiveness, indetermination, uncertainness, uncertainty

avoidance, equivocation

aversion, disinclination, indisposition, reluctance, unwillingness

faintheartedness, shyness, timidity, timidness

Near Antonyms of vacillation

certainty, certitude, confidence, decisiveness, determination, firmness, resoluteness, resolution, sureness

alacrity, eagerness, readiness