About The Word Irresolution

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Irresolution

Irresolution Meaning & Definition
Irresolution Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Irresolution?

[n] the trait of being irresolute; lacking firmness of purpose
[n] doubt concerning two or more possible alternatives or courses of action; "his indecision was only momentary but the opportunity was lost"

Synonyms | Synonyms for Irresolution: indecision | indecisiveness | irresoluteness

Related Terms | Find terms related to 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

See Also | doubt | doubtfulness | dubiety | dubiousness | hesitation | incertitude | indecision | indecisiveness | trait | uncertainty | unpredictability | vacillation | volatility | wavering

Irresolution In Webster's Dictionary

\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.

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