irresolution
irresolution is defined in Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913) with 1 sense, and appears in Roget's Thesaurus (1911) with 40 related terms. The full text of each entry is reproduced verbatim below.
Definitions
- 1.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.
Source: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
Synonyms
Related terms (Roget's 1911)
- abeyance
- alacrity
- aversation
- averseness
- backwardness
- blunt
- conscience
- dead
- delicacy
- demur
- disinclination
- dislike
- dissent
- dormant
- dull
- dullness
- fire
- flat
- gas
- hang
- heavy
- hesitation
- inaction
- inactive
- inactively
- inactivity
- indifference
- indisposedness
- indisposition
- indocility
- inert
- inertia
- inertion
- inertness
- inexcitability
- languor
- latency
- latent
- lifeless
- mental
Source: Roget's Thesaurus, 1911 edition (public domain, via Project Gutenberg eBook #10681).
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Sources
- Definitions: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
- Synonyms: Roget's Thesaurus, 1911 edition (public domain, via Project Gutenberg eBook #10681).
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