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irresolution
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irresolution
n.
lack of resolution, hesitation, uncertainty
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irresolution
Noun
1. doubt concerning two or more possible alternatives or courses of action; "his indecision was only momentary but the opportunity was lost"
(synonym) indecision, indecisiveness
(hypernym) doubt, uncertainty, incertitude, dubiety, doubtfulness, dubiousness
(hyponym) hesitation, vacillation, wavering
2. the trait of being irresolute; lacking firmness of purpose
(synonym) irresoluteness
(hypernym) trait
(hyponym) volatility, unpredictability
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irrésolution
nf.
indecision, irresolution, wavering
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Irresolution
(n.)
Want of resolution; want of decision in purpose; a fluctuation of mind, as in doubt, or between hope and fear; irresoluteness; indecision; vacillation.
Want of resolution; want of decision in purpose; a fluctuation of mind, as in doubt, or between hope and fear; irresoluteness; indecision; vacillation.
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irresolution
Synonyms and related words:
amiable weakness, breakability, brittleness, capriciousness, chance, chanciness, changeableness, collapse, daintiness, delicacy, destructibility, disintegration, effeminacy, erraticism, erraticness, fickleness, flimsiness, fragility, frailty, frangibility, hesitancy, hesitation, human frailty, incalculability, incertitude, indecision, indecisiveness, indemonstrability, indeterminacy, indetermination, indeterminism, infirmity of will, inherent vice, lightness, luck, moral weakness, randomness, shilly-shally, sleaziness, slightness, suspense, suspensefulness, to-and-fro, unaccountability, uncertainness, uncertainty, uncertainty principle, undecidedness, undeterminedness, unforeseeableness, unpredictability, unprovability, unsubstantiality, unsureness, unverifiability, vacillation, velleity, wavering, whimsicality, wispiness, womanishness
amiable weakness, breakability, brittleness, capriciousness, chance, chanciness, changeableness, collapse, daintiness, delicacy, destructibility, disintegration, effeminacy, erraticism, erraticness, fickleness, flimsiness, fragility, frailty, frangibility, hesitancy, hesitation, human frailty, incalculability, incertitude, indecision, indecisiveness, indemonstrability, indeterminacy, indetermination, indeterminism, infirmity of will, inherent vice, lightness, luck, moral weakness, randomness, shilly-shally, sleaziness, slightness, suspense, suspensefulness, to-and-fro, unaccountability, uncertainness, uncertainty, uncertainty principle, undecidedness, undeterminedness, unforeseeableness, unpredictability, unprovability, unsubstantiality, unsureness, unverifiability, vacillation, velleity, wavering, whimsicality, wispiness, womanishness
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