"irresolution" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ɪɹɛzəˈluːʃən/ [UK] Forms: irresolutions [plural]
Etymology: From French irrésolution, from ir- + résolution (“resolution”). Etymology templates: {{uder|en|fr|irrésolution}} French irrésolution Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} irresolution (countable and uncountable, plural irresolutions)
  1. Lack of resolution; lack of decision or purpose; vacillation. Tags: countable, uncountable Translations (lack of resolution or decision — see also indecision): ἀβουλία (aboulía) [feminine] (Ancient Greek), нерешителност (nerešitelnost) [feminine] (Bulgarian), несигурност (nesigurnost) [feminine] (Bulgarian), irresolució [feminine] (Catalan), irrésolution [feminine] (French), ყოყმანი (q̇oq̇mani) (Georgian), მერყეობა (merq̇eoba) (Georgian), გადაუწყვეტლობა (gadauc̣q̇veṭloba) (Georgian), ორჭოფობა (orč̣opoba) (Georgian), irresoluzione [feminine] (Italian), niezdecydowanie [neuter] (Polish), irresolución [feminine] (Spanish), нерішу́чість (nerišúčistʹ) [feminine] (Ukrainian)

Inflected forms

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      "sense": "lack of resolution or decision — see also indecision",
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