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Definition of vacillate verb from the Oxford Advanced American Dictionary

 

vacillate

 verb
verb
NAmE//ˈvæsəˌleɪt//
 
[intransitive] (formal)Verb Forms present simple I / you / we / they vacillate
 
he / she / it vacillates
 
past simple vacillated
 
-ing form vacillating
 
 
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to keep changing your opinion or thoughts about something, especially in a way that annoys other people synonym waver The country's leaders are still vacillating between confrontation and compromise.
vacillation
 
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NAmE//ˌvæsəˈleɪʃn//
 
noun [uncountable, countable]See vacillate in the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary
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