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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (2)

1. doubt concerning two or more possible alternatives or courses of action;
- Example: "his indecision was only momentary but the opportunity was lost"
[syn: indecision, indecisiveness, irresolution]

2. the trait of being irresolute; lacking firmness of purpose;
[syn: irresoluteness, irresolution]


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

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. [1913 Webster] 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. [1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

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, irresolution] 2: the trait of being irresolute; lacking firmness of purpose [syn: irresoluteness, irresolution] [ant: firmness, firmness of purpose, resoluteness, resolution, resolve]