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ir·res·o·lu·tion    Audio Help   [i-rez-uh-loo-shuhn] Pronunciation Key
–noun
lack of resolution; lack of decision or purpose; vacillation.

[Origin: 1585–95; irresolute + -ion]
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ir·res·o·lute    Audio Help   (ĭ-rěz'ə-lōōt')  Pronunciation Key 
adj.  
  1. Unsure of how to act or proceed; undecided.
  2. Lacking in resolution; indecisive.

ir·res'o·lute'ly adv., ir·res'o·lute'ness, ir·res'o·lu'tion n.
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irresolution

noun
1. doubt concerning two or more possible alternatives or courses of action; "his indecision was only momentary but the opportunity was lost" [syn: indecision
2. the trait of being irresolute; lacking firmness of purpose [syn: irresoluteness] [ant: firmness

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Irresolution

Ir*res`o*lu"tion\, n. [Cf. F. irr['e]solution.] Want of resolution; want of decision in purpose; a fluctuation of mind, as in doubt, or between hope and fear; irresoluteness; indecision; vacillation.

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.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc.

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