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vacillation

[ vas-uh-ley-shuhn ]

noun

  1. an act or instance of vacillating. vacillating.
  2. a state of indecision or irresolution.
  3. unsteady movement; fluctuation.


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Other Word Forms

  • ԴDzv··tDz noun
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Word History and Origins

Origin of vacillation1

1350–1400; Middle English vacillacion < Latin پō- (stem of پō ) a swaying. See vacillate, -ion
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"Applying Loper Bright, means we can end the FCC's vacillations," the Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals said.

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It just captures this vacillation of the human experience so perfectly for me — like, I’m dancing, I’m driving in the dark.

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Gray whales seem to have gone through these more dramatic vacillations, enduring three different periods of major mortalities and bouncing back before the most recent five-year event.

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The vice president had a reputation for being President Nixon’s attack dog and skewering political opponents as “nattering nabobs of negativism,” “vicars of vacillation” and “pusillanimous pussyfooters.”

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Once I decided to quit, I acted, with no endless vacillation.

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