"vacillation" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /væsɪˈleɪʃən/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-vacillation.wav Forms: vacillations [plural]
Rhymes: -eɪʃən Etymology: From Latin vacillatio "swaying". : Compare oscillation Etymology templates: {{uder|en|la|-}} Latin Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} vacillation (countable and uncountable, plural vacillations)
  1. Indecision in speech or action. Tags: countable, uncountable Synonyms (indecision): hesitation, wavering Translations (Indecision in speech or action): колебливост (koleblivost) [feminine] (Bulgarian), нереши́телност (nerešítelnost) [feminine] (Bulgarian), vacil·lació [feminine] (Catalan), vacillation [feminine] (French), ყოყმანი (q̇oq̇mani) (Georgian), მერყეობა (merq̇eoba) (Georgian), გადაუწყვეტლობა (gadauc̣q̇veṭloba) (Georgian), ორჭოფობა (orč̣opoba) (Georgian), Unentschlossenheit [feminine] (German), Zögerlichkeit [feminine] (German), Unschlüssigkeit [feminine] (German), ταλάντευση (talántefsi) [feminine] (Greek), luaineacht [feminine] (Irish), нереши́тельность (nerešítelʹnostʹ) [feminine] (Russian), vacilación [feminine] (Spanish), tveksamhet [common-gender] (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-vacillation-en-noun-RTBykTLJ Disambiguation of 'indecision': 100 0 Disambiguation of 'Indecision in speech or action': 100 0
  2. Changing location by moving back and forth. Tags: countable, uncountable Translations (Changing location by moving back and forth): люлеене (ljuleene) [neuter] (Bulgarian), колебание (kolebanie) [neuter] (Bulgarian), vacil·lació [feminine] (Catalan), ταλάντευση (talántefsi) [feminine] (Greek), zàrā [feminine] (Hausa), vacilación [feminine] (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-vacillation-en-noun-efB~vKrn Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English undefined derivations, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 2 entries, Pages with entries, Terms with Bulgarian translations, Terms with Catalan translations, Terms with French translations, Terms with Georgian translations, Terms with German translations, Terms with Greek translations, Terms with Hausa translations, Terms with Irish translations, Terms with Russian translations, Terms with Spanish translations, Terms with Swedish translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 4 96 Disambiguation of English undefined derivations: 10 90 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 12 88 Disambiguation of Pages with 2 entries: 8 92 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 5 95 Disambiguation of Terms with Bulgarian translations: 10 90 Disambiguation of Terms with Catalan translations: 10 90 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 14 86 Disambiguation of Terms with Georgian translations: 8 92 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 14 86 Disambiguation of Terms with Greek translations: 15 85 Disambiguation of Terms with Hausa translations: 8 92 Disambiguation of Terms with Irish translations: 9 91 Disambiguation of Terms with Russian translations: 11 89 Disambiguation of Terms with Spanish translations: 10 90 Disambiguation of Terms with Swedish translations: 9 91 Disambiguation of 'Changing location by moving back and forth': 0 100
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms (motion): swing, swinging Related terms: vacillate
Disambiguation of 'motion': 0 0

Inflected forms

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