vacillation

vac·il·late  (vs-lt)

intr.v. vac·il·lat·ed, vac·il·lat·ing, vac·il·lates

1. To sway from one side to the other; oscillate.

2. To swing indecisively from one course of action or opinion to another. See Synonyms at hesitate.

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[Latin vacillre, vacillt-, to waver.]

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vacil·lating·ly adv.

vacil·lation n.

vacil·lator n.

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	vacillation - indecision in speech or action       hesitation, wavering indecision, indecisiveness, irresolution - doubt concerning two or more possible alternatives or courses of action; "his indecision was only momentary but the opportunity was lost"
	2.	vacillation - changing location by moving back and forth swinging, swing movement, move, motion - the act of changing location from one place to another; "police controlled the motion of the crowd"; "the movement of people from the farms to the cities"; "his move put him directly in my path"

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vacillation

noun indecisiveness, hesitation, irresolution, wavering, dithering (chiefly Brit.), fluctuation, unsteadiness, inconstancy, shillyshallying (informal), irresoluteness The Prime Minister was pilloried for vacillation and weakness.

Quotations
"Some praise at morning what they blame at night;"
"But always think the last opinion right" [Alexander Pope An Essay on Criticism]

Proverbs
"Don't change horses in midstream"

Translations

vacillation [ˌvæsɪˈleɪʃən] N → vacilación f

vacillation [ˌvæsɪˈleɪʃ^ən] n → hésitation f

vacillation

n → Schwanken nt; (fig also) → Unentschlossenheit f, → Unschlüssigkeit f