'Irresolution' definitions:
Definition of 'irresolution'
From: WordNet
noun
Doubt concerning two or more possible alternatives or courses of action; "his indecision was only momentary but the opportunity was lost" [syn: indecision, indecisiveness, irresolution]
noun
The trait of being irresolute; lacking firmness of purpose [syn: irresoluteness, irresolution] [ant: firmness, firmness of purpose, resoluteness, resolution, resolve]
Definition of 'Irresolution'
From: GCIDE
- Irresolution \Ir*res`o*lu"tion\, n. [Cf. F. irr['e]solution.] Lack of resolution; lack of decision in purpose; a fluctuation of mind, as in doubt, or between hope and fear; irresoluteness; indecision; vacillation. [1913 Webster]
- 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. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'irresolution'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- amiable weakness,
- breakability,
- brittleness,
- capriciousness,
- chance,
- chanciness,
- changeableness,
- collapse,
- daintiness,
- delicacy,
- destructibility,
- disintegration,
- effeminacy,
- erraticism,
- erraticness,
- fickleness,
- flimsiness,
- fragility,
- frailty,
- frangibility,
- hesitancy,
- hesitation,
- human frailty,
- incalculability,
- incertitude,
- indecision,
- indecisiveness,
- indemonstrability,
- indeterminacy,
- indetermination,
- indeterminism,
- infirmity of will,
- inherent vice,
- lightness,
- luck,
- moral weakness,
- randomness,
- shilly-shally,
- sleaziness,
- slightness,
- suspense,
- suspensefulness,
- to-and-fro,
- unaccountability,
- uncertainness,
- uncertainty,
- uncertainty principle,
- undecidedness,
- undeterminedness,
- unforeseeableness,
- unpredictability,
- unprovability,
- unsubstantiality,
- unsureness,
- unverifiability,
- vacillation,
- velleity,
- wavering,
- whimsicality,
- wispiness,
- womanishness