Vacillation

Synonyms for vacillation:

Sense 1

irresoluteness, change.

Sense 2

doubt, timidness, to and fro, will, resistance.

Sense 3

timidity.

anxiety

insecurity.

hesitation

indecision.

inconstancy

instability.

instability

mutability.

Other synonyms and related words:

cut, irresoluteness, insecurity, hesitancy, swing music, faltering, instability, wavering, fence-sitting, indecision, will, resistance, pause, baseball swing, Shilly-shally, indisposition, falter, golf stroke, reluctance, doubt, disinclination, lilt, jive, to and fro, shilly-shallying, timidity, swinging, mutability, change, swing, timidness, golf shot.

Sense 2 (noun)

irresoluteness, pause, Shilly-shally, indecision, to and fro, timidity, timidness.

caprice (noun)

caprice, randomness, whimsy, vagary, whim, fancy, fleetingness, sporadicalness, arbitrariness, fitfulness, fancifulness, flightiness.

fluctuation (noun)

swing, wave, vibration.

indecision (noun)

indecision, doubt.

instability (noun)

changeability, fickleness, capriciousness, unsureness, fitfulness, mutability.

irresolution (noun)

ambivalence, halfheartedness, spinelessness, hesitancy, infirmity, irresoluteness, hesitance, wateriness, volatility, uncertainty, capriciousness, double-mindedness, shiftiness, shyness, tentativeness, impulsiveness, inconsistency, indecisiveness, unwillingness, irresolution, changeability, fickleness, hesitation, yellowness, unsureness, weakness, insipidity, indecision, doubt.

oscillation (noun)

rhythm, tremor, throb, oscillation, pulse, pulsation, palpitation, undulation, beat, libration, fluctuation, wave, resonance, harmonic motion, alternation, vibration.

procrastination (noun)

hesitation, stalling, procrastination.

vacillation (noun)

swinging, wavering, swing, hesitation.

Usage examples for vacillation:

• At Naumburg, in 1561, the Lutheran princes therefore, after some vacillation, declared that they would adhere to the original Augsburg Confession and its " genuine Christian declaration and norm," the Smalcald Articles. - "Historical Introductions to the Symbolical Books of the Evangelical Lutheran Church", Friedrich Bente.
• Besides, vacillation spoils slumber. - "Belles and Ringers", Hawley Smart.