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irresolution

noun

Synonyms and Antonyms of irresolution

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

after a moment of anguished irresolution, I raised my rifle and fired at the charging animal

Synonyms of irresolution

faltering, fence-sitting, hesitance, hesitancy, hesitation, indecision, pause, shilly-shally, shilly-shallying, vacillation, wavering, wobbling (also wabbling)

Words Related to irresolution

delay, hawing, procrastination, waiting

arrière-pensée, misgiving, second thought

consideration, debate, deliberation, doubt, incertitude, indecisiveness, indetermination, uncertainness, uncertainty

avoidance, equivocation

aversion, disinclination, indisposition, reluctance, unwillingness

faintheartedness, shyness, timidity, timidness

Near Antonyms of irresolution

certainty, certitude, confidence, decisiveness, determination, firmness, resoluteness, resolution, sureness

alacrity, eagerness, readiness

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