Hypertext Webster Gateway: "indecision"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Indecision \In`de*ci"sion\, n. [Pref. in- not + decision: cf. F.
ind['e]cision.]
Want of decision; want of settled purpose, or of firmness;
indetermination; wavering of mind; irresolution; vacillation;
hesitation.
The term indecision . . . implies an idea very nicely
different from irresolution; yet it has a tendency to
produce it. --Shenstone.
Indecision . . . is the natural accomplice of violence.
--Burke.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
indecision
n 1: doubt concerning two or more possible alternatives or
courses of action; "his indecision was only momentary
but the opportunity was lost" [syn: {indecisiveness}, {irresolution}]
2: the trait of irresolution; a lack of firmness of character
or purpose; "the king's incurable indecisiveness caused
turmoil in his court" [syn: {indecisiveness}] [ant: {decisiveness},
{decisiveness}]
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