What does vacillation mean?

Definitions for vacillation
vac·il·la·tion

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Princeton's WordNet

  1. hesitation, vacillation, waveringnoun

    indecision in speech or action

  2. swing, swinging, vacillationnoun

    changing location by moving back and forth

Wiktionary

  1. vacillationnoun

    Indecision in speech or action.

  2. vacillationnoun

    Changing location by moving back and forth.

  3. Etymology: From vacillatio "swaying".

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  1. vacillation

    Vacillation is the act of being indecisive or hesitant, often changing between different opinions or actions; an inability to make a decision or choice. It implies a wavering or fluctuation in thought or position.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Vacillationnoun

    the act of vacillating; a moving one way and the other; a wavering

  2. Etymology: [L. vacillatio: cf. F. vacillation.]

The Roycroft Dictionary

  1. vacillation

    The prominent feature of weakness of character.

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of vacillation in Chaldean Numerology is: 8

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of vacillation in Pythagorean Numerology is: 1

Examples of vacillation in a Sentence

  1. Virginia Woolf:

    Different though the sexes are, they inter-mix. In every human being a vacillation from one sex to the other takes place, and often it is only the clothes that keep the male or female likeness, while underneath the sex is very opposite of what it is above.

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