Category:Indecision

In`de*ci"sion, n. Etym: [Pref. in- not + decision: cf. F. indécision.]

Defn: Want of decision; want of settled purpose, or of firmness; indetermination; wavering of mind; irresolution; vacillation; hesitation. The term indecision. . . implies an idea very nicely different from irresolution; yet it has a tendency to produce it. Shenstone. Indecision. . . is the natural accomplice of violence. Burke.