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vacillation
noun
vac·il·la·tion ˌva-sə-ˈlā-shən 
Synonyms
Example Sentences
the president was soundly criticized for his vacillation before responding to the crisis
Recent Examples on the Web Medo’s vacillation between moneymaking and altruism has profoundly shaped this new industry. 
Sushma Subramanian, Washington Post, 13 May 2022 After our fleeting brush with normalcy during Omicron’s retreat, another very transmissible new version of the coronavirus is on the rise—and with it, a fresh wave of vacillation between mask-donning and mask-doffing. Yasmin Tayag, The Atlantic, 8 Apr. 2022 The Trump administration’s tilt toward Riyadh and an Israel-Arab détente has been replaced by vacillation. Gerard Baker, WSJ, 10 Jan. 2022 Superstitious thinking requires a massive investment of energy; the vacillation between hopefulness and despair is what fuels the perpetual thinker’s unending inquiry into what this or that new detail means. Agnes Callard, Harper’s Magazine , 16 Feb. 2022 The Chinese are said to take the long view of history, unlike their vacillation-prone American rivals. WSJ, 28 Dec. 2021 This would require a change in the culture at the Pentagon and Foggy Bottom from one of timidity and vacillation to one of decisiveness and courage—not an easy business. WSJ, 17 Oct. 2021 There’s no ambiguity on this score, simply a vacillation between mostly depicting him as cold-blooded and occasionally tossing in a gesture towards feeling lonely in the suburbs because that’s where this season is set. Daniel D'addario, Variety, 15 Oct. 2021 Fonda nails her character’s vacillation between integrity and her own ambition, tapping into the era of America’s first cultural reckoning with television news as entertainment. Maureen Lee Lenker, EW.com, 23 Feb. 2021 See More
Sushma Subramanian, Washington Post, 13 May 2022 After our fleeting brush with normalcy during Omicron’s retreat, another very transmissible new version of the coronavirus is on the rise—and with it, a fresh wave of vacillation between mask-donning and mask-doffing. Yasmin Tayag, The Atlantic, 8 Apr. 2022 The Trump administration’s tilt toward Riyadh and an Israel-Arab détente has been replaced by vacillation. Gerard Baker, WSJ, 10 Jan. 2022 Superstitious thinking requires a massive investment of energy; the vacillation between hopefulness and despair is what fuels the perpetual thinker’s unending inquiry into what this or that new detail means. Agnes Callard, Harper’s Magazine , 16 Feb. 2022 The Chinese are said to take the long view of history, unlike their vacillation-prone American rivals. WSJ, 28 Dec. 2021 This would require a change in the culture at the Pentagon and Foggy Bottom from one of timidity and vacillation to one of decisiveness and courage—not an easy business. WSJ, 17 Oct. 2021 There’s no ambiguity on this score, simply a vacillation between mostly depicting him as cold-blooded and occasionally tossing in a gesture towards feeling lonely in the suburbs because that’s where this season is set. Daniel D'addario, Variety, 15 Oct. 2021 Fonda nails her character’s vacillation between integrity and her own ambition, tapping into the era of America’s first cultural reckoning with television news as entertainment. Maureen Lee Lenker, EW.com, 23 Feb. 2021 See More Word History
Etymology
Middle English vacillacion, borrowed from Latin vacillātiōn-, vacillātiō, from vacillāre "to be unsteady, vacillate" + -tiōn-, -tiō, suffix of action nouns
First Known Use
15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1
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