Synonyms of vacillation

vacillation

noun

as in hesitation

a state or an instance of temporary inaction because of uncertainty about the right course of action

the president was soundly criticized for his vacillation before responding to the crisis

Synonyms & Similar Words

• hesitation
• hesitancy
• hesitance
• pause
• indecision
• irresolution
• delay
• wavering
• deliberation
• uncertainty
• wabbling
• faltering
• wobbling
• fence-sitting
• shilly-shallying
• doubt
• waiting
• shilly-shally
• reluctance
• indecisiveness
• procrastination
• indetermination
• hawing
• incertitude
• debate
• consideration
• second thought
• equivocation
• unwillingness
• timidity
• avoidance
• indisposition
• misgiving
• arrière-pensée
• faintheartedness
• disinclination
• uncertainness
• timidness
• aversion
• shyness

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• determination
• resolution
• certainty
• confidence
• firmness
• certitude
• decisiveness
• readiness
• eagerness
• sureness
• resoluteness
• alacrity