"vacillancy" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: vacillancies [plural]
Etymology: From vacillant + -cy. Etymology templates: {{af|en|vacillant|-cy}} vacillant + -cy Head templates: {{en-noun|-|+}} vacillancy (usually uncountable, plural vacillancies)
  1. (archaic) The quality or state of being vacillant; waveringness. Tags: archaic, uncountable, usually

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