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What (who) is vacillation - definition
vacillation
n.
1.
Swaying, reeling, staggering, rocking.
2.
Wavering, fluctuation, hesitation, unsteadiness, inconstancy.
Vacillation
·noun The act of vacillating; a moving one way and the other; a wavering.
hesitate
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STOP OR PAUSE BEFORE A DECISION OR ACTION, DUE TO UNCERTAINTY OR DOUBT
Hesitant; Draft:Hesitation; Hesitating; Hesitated; Hesitates; Hesitance; Hesitate
v.
1) (D; intr.) to hesitate over (to hesitate over a choice)
2) (E) she hesitated to act; do not hesitate to call me
Examples of use of vacillation
1. Derakhshan‘s postings on Israel have been marked by extreme vacillation between support and opposition.
2. Vacillation is perceived as weakness, which may create a desire to appease Iran.
3. In comparison to the prime minister‘s lengthy vacillation, Defense Minister Ehud Barak adopted a clearer and more practical stance.
4. It urged the south Korean authorities to continue pursuing reconciliation and cooperation with the north without vacillation under any circumstances.
5. "Disunity, dissolution and vacillation" are hallmarks of "the path of conciliation", as Lenin wrote in What is to be Done.