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in·de·ci·sion    Audio Help   [in-di-sizh-uhn] Pronunciation Key
–noun
inability to decide.

[Origin: 1755–65; in-3 + decision]
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in·de·ci·sion    Audio Help   (ĭn'dĭ-sĭzh'ən)  Pronunciation Key 
n.   Reluctance or an inability to make up one's mind; irresolution.

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Online Etymology Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This
indecision 
1703, from Fr. indecision (1611), from in- "not" + decision (see decision). Indecisive first attested 1726.

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indecision

noun
1. doubt concerning two or more possible alternatives or courses of action; "his indecision was only momentary but the opportunity was lost" 
2. the trait of irresolution; a lack of firmness of character or purpose; "the king's incurable indecisiveness caused turmoil in his court" [syn: indecisiveness] [ant: decision

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indecision [indiˈsiʒən] noun
the state of not being able to decide; hesitation
Arabic: تَرَدُّد، حَيْرَه، عَدَم قَرار
Chinese (Simplified): 无决断力, 优柔寡断
Chinese (Traditional): 無決斷力, 優柔寡斷
Czech: nerozhodnost
Danish: ubeslutsomhed
Dutch: besluiteloosheid
Estonian: kahevahelolek
Finnish: päättämättömyys
French: indécision
German: die Unentschlossenheit
Greek: αναποφασιστικότητα
Hungarian: határozatlanság
Icelandic: óákveðni
Indonesian: keragu-raguan
Italian: indecisione
Japanese: 優柔不断
Korean: 우유 부단
Latvian: neizlēmība
Lithuanian: neryžtingumas, dvejojimas
Norwegian: ubesluttsomhet, vankelmodighet
Polish: niezdecydowanie
Portuguese (Brazil): indecisão
Portuguese (Portugal): indecisão
Romanian: indecizie, nehotă­râre
Russian: нерешительность
Slovak: nerozhodnosť
Slovenian: neodločnost
Spanish: indecisión
Swedish: obeslutsamhet, tvekan
Turkish: kararsızlık
See also: indecisive

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Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This

Indecision

In`de*ci"sion\, n. [Pref. in- not + decision: cf. F. ind['e]cision.] 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.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc.
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