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• n  indecision in speech or action
• n  changing location by moving back and forth

• He went after "pusillanimous pussyfooters" and "vicars of vacillation" and "the hopeless, hysterical hypochondriacs of history.
• After considerable vacillation, the military leadership declared its neutrality.
• And why the vacillation? Well, Both.

• hesitation
• wavering
• swing
• swinging

News & Articles

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• PARKER: Welcome to Obama's sandbox
  WASHINGTON — Undoubtedly you've heard that American credibility is on the line, thanks to President Obama's vacillation on what to do about Syria.
  Sept. 8, 2013 - The Leaf Chronicle
• KATHLEEN PARKER: Whose credibility is on the line in Syria?
  Undoubtedly you've heard that American credibility is on the line, thanks to President Obama's vacillation on what to do about Syria.
  Sept. 5, 2013 - The Biloxi Sun Herald
• Outside View: Hesitation on Syrian strike threatens economic recovery
  College Park, Md. (UPI) Sep 4, 2013 U.S. President Barack Obama's vacillation on Syria - first delaying military action and then booting the decision to Congress - poses grave threats to U.S. prosperity. Imminent military action, especially in the Middle East, instigates fears of shortages and panic in oil markets. Two years ago, oil prices jumped to more than $110 a barrel in anticipation of ...
  Sept. 5, 2013 - Space War

Quotes

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• Barry Gardiner in Times Online
  Instead, we have a leadership characterised by what the backbench Labour MP Barry Gardiner describes in this newspaper today as "vacillation, loss of international credibility and timorous political manoeuvres that the public cannot understand".
• Pervez Musharraf in AFP
  By this vacillation and lack of commitment to a victory and talking too much about casualties (it) shows weakness in the resolve,Musharraf told The Washington Times.
• Rajendra Pachauri in Reuters India
  The time for contemplation and vacillation is over. Let's move on, and that's the decision we hope to get in Bali,Pachauri said, referring to talks in Indonesia on setting a timeframe for a new global deal on limiting emissions to replace the...