vacillation

English

WOTD – 3 November 2015

Etymology

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Latin vacillatio "swaying".

Compare oscillation

Noun

vacillation (countable and uncountable, plural vacillations)

1. Indecision in speech or action.
2. Changing location by moving back and forth.

Synonyms

• (indecision): hesitation, wavering
• (motion): swing, swinging

Translations

Indecision in speech or action

• Catalan: vacil·lació (ca) f
• Georgian: ყოყმანი (q̇oq̇mani), მერყეობა (merq̇eoba), გადაუწყვეტლობა (gadauc̣q̇veṭloba)
• German: Unentschlossenheit (de) f, Zögerlichkeit f, Unschlüssigkeit f
• Greek: ταλάντευση (el) f (talántefsi)
• Irish: luaineacht f
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Russian: нереши́тельность (ru) f (nerešítelʹnostʹ)
• Spanish: vacilación (es) f
• Swedish: tveksamhet (sv) c

Changing location by moving back and forth

• Catalan: vacil·lació (ca) f
• Greek: ταλάντευση (el) f (talántefsi)
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Hausa: zàrā f
• Spanish: vacilación (es) f

See also

• vacillate

Anagrams

• cavillation