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vacillation

/væsɪˈleɪʃən/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.71 in modern English

Syllables
vac-il-la-tion
IPA
/væsɪˈleɪʃən/
16
Scrabble Score
11
Letters
4
Syllables
8
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Indecision in speech or action.

Countable; Uncountable

noun

Changing location by moving back and forth.

Countable; Uncountable

Etymology

From Middle English vacillacion, a learned borrowing from Latin vacillātiō (“swaying”). By surface analysis, vacillate + -ion.

Origin

Word Breakdown

  • Root: vacillacion, vacillātiō

Usage

Inflected Forms

vacillations (plural)

Frequently Paired Words

vacillate

Synonyms

hesitation wavering swing swinging

Rhymes With

information education situation population station association administration operation organization nation location application

Questions

How do you pronounce vacillation?
The recorded pronunciation is /væsɪˈleɪʃən/.
What does vacillation mean?
Indecision in speech or action.
Where does vacillation come from?
It is traced to Middle English.

How to pronounce vacillation

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