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vacillate
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To waver between choices or positions.
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He continued to vacillate between the two proposals.
The committee could not afford to vacillate indefinitely.
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vacillationnoun
Repeated wavering between choices or opinions.
Weeks of vacillation delayed the launch of the journal.
Selecting a title for their reading group produced some hesitancy because members were unsure how the name would sound to newcomers. One organizer's indecisiveness extended beyond that specific concern: she struggled to settle even minor choices after the relevant information was available. Her vacillation between two titles continued through several meetings, with each new preference reversing the previous one.
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