irresolution Meaning, Definition & Usage

noun doubt concerning two or more possible alternatives or courses of action
indecisiveness; indecision.
- his indecision was only momentary but the opportunity was lost
noun the trait of being irresolute; lacking firmness of purpose
irresoluteness.

Cf. F. irrésolution.

Want of resolution; want of decision in purpose; a fluctuation of mind, as in doubt, or between hope and fear; irresoluteness; indecision; vacillation.
Irresolution on the schemes of life which offer themselves to our choice, and inconstancy in pursuing them, are the greatest causes of all unhappiness. Addison.