Doubt concerning two or more possible alternatives or courses of action.

synonyms: indecision, indecisiveness.

Roget 172: inertness, dullness etc. adj.; inertia, vis inertiae [Lat.], inertion^†, inactivity, torpor, languor; quiescence etc. 265; latency, inaction; passivity.    mental inertness; sloth etc. (inactivity) 683; inexcitability etc. 826^†; irresolution etc. 605; obstinacy etc. 606; permanence etc. 141.    rare gas, paraffin, noble metal, unreactivity.    ... show more

Roget 605: irresolution, infirmity of purpose, indecision; indetermination, undetermination^†; unsettlement; uncertainty etc. 475; demur, suspense; hesitating etc. v., hesitation, hesitancy; vacillation; changeableness etc. 149; fluctuation; alternation etc. (oscillation) 314; caprice etc. 608.    fickleness, levity, legerete [Fr.]; pliancy etc. (softness) 324; weakness; timidity etc. 860; cowardice etc. 862; half measures.    waverer, ass between two bundles of hay; shuttlecock, butterfly; wimp; doughface [U.S.].    ... show more

Dutch: besluiteloosheid

The trait of being irresolute; lacking firmness of purpose.

synonym: irresoluteness.

Polish: niestanowczość