Irresolution

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Irresolution \Ir*res`o*lu"tion\, n. [Cf. F. irr['e]solution.]
     Lack of resolution; lack of decision in purpose; a
     fluctuation of mind, as in doubt, or between hope and fear;
     irresoluteness; indecision; vacillation.
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           Irresolution on the schemes of life which offer
           themselves to our choice, and inconstancy in pursuing
           them, are the greatest causes of all unhappiness.
                                                    --Addison.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  irresolution
       n 1: doubt concerning two or more possible alternatives or
            courses of action; "his indecision was only momentary
            but the opportunity was lost" [syn: {indecision}, {indecisiveness}]
       2: the trait of being irresolute; lacking firmness of purpose
          [syn: {irresoluteness}] [ant: {resoluteness}]

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  61 Moby Thesaurus words for "irresolution":
     amiable weakness, breakability, brittleness, capriciousness,
     chance, chanciness, changeableness, collapse, daintiness, delicacy,
     destructibility, disintegration, effeminacy, erraticism,
     erraticness, fickleness, flimsiness, fragility, frailty,
     frangibility, hesitancy, hesitation, human frailty,
     incalculability, incertitude, indecision, indecisiveness,
     indemonstrability, indeterminacy, indetermination, indeterminism,
     infirmity of will, inherent vice, lightness, luck, moral weakness,
     randomness, shilly-shally, sleaziness, slightness, suspense,
     suspensefulness, to-and-fro, unaccountability, uncertainness,
     uncertainty, uncertainty principle, undecidedness,
     undeterminedness, unforeseeableness, unpredictability,
     unprovability, unsubstantiality, unsureness, unverifiability,
     vacillation, velleity, wavering, whimsicality, wispiness,
     womanishness