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A lack of firmness of character or purpose
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indecision
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Word definitions for indecision in dictionaries
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
Word definitions in Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
noun EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES ▪ We finally bought the house after months of indecision . EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS ▪ And they wandered for 40 years in the wilderness of indecision . ▪ But it's the indecision , not knowing when and how. ▪ For some months, ...
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Indecision \In`de*ci"sion\, n. [Pref. in- not + decision: cf. F. ind['e]cision.] Lack of decision; lack of settled purpose, or of firmness; indetermination; wavering of mind; irresolution; vacillation; hesitation. The term indecision . . . implies ...
Wikipedia
Word definitions in Wikipedia
Indecision may refer to: Indecision (band) , a 1990s hardcore punk band from the United States Indecision Records , an American hardcore punk record label established in 1995 A series of special television programs on American elections on the Comedy Central ...
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
1763, from French indécision (c.1600), from in- "not, opposite of, without" (see in- (1)) + decision (see decision ).
Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. The inability to decide on a course of action, especially if two or more possibilities exist.
Usage examples of indecision.
Taking advantage of the indecision, I took a step forward and put my arms around his waist, firmly cupping his backside.
Ignoring this, Caroline addressed herself to Justice Glynn, a silent portrait of indecision.
But she lingered in an unnatural indecision, knowing she could do nothing, wondering what she could do.
His eyes were concealed by enormous round spectacles, and in his look was that peculiar indecision which is common to nyctalopes, or people who have a peculiar construction of the eye, which makes the sight imperfect in the day and better at night.
He took one swift step after Sothern, then stopped in an uneasy indecision.
The danger to the sylph became real once more, as if somehow resurrected by his indecision.
Their sturdy little forms--ever so much shorter and thicker than the mooncalf herds--were scattered up the slope in a way that was eloquent of indecision.
She saw the strength of her own will, opposed to the vacillation and indecision of Vara Liso.
Anger, amazement, consternation, and indecision swept over it in turn.
This, her first direct leap for liberty, set Clara panting, and so much had she to say that the nervous and the intellectual halves of her dashed like cymbals, dazing and stunning her with the appositeness of things to be said, and dividing her in indecision as to the cunningest to move him of the many pressing.
But she soon had it reasoned out that her preconceptions in this regard were no doubt due to the stylizing nature of the mythopoeic process itself, which simplified character and motive just as it compressed time and space, so that one imagined Perseus to be speeding tirelessly and thoughtlessly from action to bravura action, when in fact he must have weeks of idleness, hours of indecision, et cetera.
But there was no point in wondering whether the Tippoo was outfoxing him, that way lay indecision, and so Harris tapped his quill on the map.
The Pictish religieuse raised her broad shoulders and let them fall in a gesture that was one of part indecision and part resignation.
The constables stood stolidly inside the door as Edgars sat in indecision.
I longed to get out of the state of indecision in which I was, and I was surprised to see my young mistress less anxious than I was.