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Vacillate

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Etymology

Latin vacill re, vacill t-, to waver.

Intransitive Verb

vac·il·lat·e (vacillated, vacillating, vacillates)

  1. To sway from one side to the other; oscillate.
  2. To swing indecisively from one course of action or opinion to another. (synonym: hesitiation )
  3. To be changeable or inconsistant in speech or action.

See Also

root of vacillation

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