Usually means: Hesitant, wavering in decision making.
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  1. vacillant: Merriam-Webster
  2. vacillant: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  3. vacillant: Collins English Dictionary
  4. vacillant: Vocabulary.com
  5. vacillant: Wordnik
  6. vacillant: Wiktionary
  7. vacillant: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  8. vacillant: Infoplease Dictionary
  9. vacillant: Dictionary.com
  10. Vacillant: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  11. vacillant: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  12. vacillant: Rhymezone
  13. Vacillant: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  14. vacillant: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
  15. vacillant: FreeDictionary.org
  16. vacillant: Mnemonic Dictionary
  17. vacillant: TheFreeDictionary.com

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  1. vacillant: Legal dictionary

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▸ adjective:  (archaic) That vacillates; wavering; fluctuating; not constant

Similar:
vacillating, wavering, irresolute, vacillative, vacillatory, fluctuous, fluctuant, waverous, vagaristic, unsteady, more...

Opposite:
resolute, steadfast, unwavering, decisive

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Similar:
vacillating, wavering, irresolute, vacillative, vacillatory, fluctuous, fluctuant, waverous, vagaristic, unsteady, more...

Opposite:
resolute, steadfast, unwavering, decisive



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