vacillation Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun indecision in speech or action
    hesitation; wavering.
  2. noun changing location by moving back and forth
    swinging; swing.

WordNet

Vac`il*la"tion noun
Etymology
L. vacillatio: cf. F. vacillation.
Definitions
  1. The act of vacillating; a moving one way and the other; a wavering.
    His vacillations, or an alternation of knowledge and doubt. Jer. Taylor.

Webster 1913