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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Irresolution \Ir*res`o*lu"tion\, n. [Cf. F. irr['e]solution.]
Want of resolution; want of decision in purpose; a
fluctuation of mind, as in doubt, or between hope and fear;
irresoluteness; indecision; vacillation.
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.
From WordNet r 1.6 [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}]
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