vacillation

Contents

EnglishEdit

WOTD – 3 November 2015

EtymologyEdit

From Latin vacillatio "swaying".

NounEdit

vacillation (countable and uncountable, plural vacillations)

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

SynonymsEdit

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

TranslationsEdit

Indecision in speech or action

• Catalan: vacil·lació f
• German: Unentschlossenheit f, Zögerlichkeit f, Unschlüssigkeit f
• Greek: ταλάντευση (el) f (talántefsi)

• Irish: luaineacht f
• Russian: нереши́тельность (ru) f (nerešítelʹnostʹ)
• Spanish: vacilación (es) f

Changing location by moving back and forth

• Catalan: vacil·lació f
• Greek: ταλάντευση (el) f (talántefsi)

• Hausa: zàrā f
• Spanish: vacilación (es) f

See alsoEdit

• vacillate

AnagramsEdit

• cavillation