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vacillate Definition


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vacillate
verb
    intr
    vacillated, vacillating
    1. To change opinions or decisions frequently; to waver.
      Thesaurus: fluctuate, waver, hesitate, pause, dawdle, falter, tergiversate.
Derivative: vacillating
adj
    Marked by frequent changes of opinion or action; wavering
      Thesaurus: inconstant, fickle, changing, irresolute, hesitating, uncertain, unresolved, wavering, capricious, volatile; Antonym: constant, steady.
Derivative: vacillatingly
adverb
    Derivative: vacillation
    noun
      Etymology: 16c: from Latin vacillare, vacillatum.



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