Hypertext Webster Gateway: "irresoluteness"

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)

Irresolute \Ir*res"o*lute\, a. [Pref. ir- not + resolute: cf. F.
irr['e]solu, L. irresolutus not loosened.]
Not resolute; not decided or determined; wavering; given to
doubt or irresolution.

Weak and irresolute is man. --Cowper.

Syn: Wavering; vacillating; undetermined; undecided;
unsettled; fickle; changeable; inconstant. --
{Ir*res"o*lute*ly}, adv. -- {Ir*res"o*lute*ness}, n.

From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)

irresoluteness
n : the trait of being irresolute; lacking firmness of purpose
[syn: {irresolution}] [ant: {resoluteness}]


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