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[1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
indecision \in`deci"sion\, n. pref. in- not + decision: cf. f.
   ind'ecision.
   lack of decision; lack of settled purpose, or of firmness;
   indetermination; wavering of mind; irresolution; vacillation;
   hesitation.
   1913 webster

         the term indecision . . . implies an idea very nicely
         different from irresolution; yet it has a tendency to
         produce it.                              --shenstone.
   1913 webster

         indecision . . . is the natural accomplice of violence.
                                                  --burke.
   1913 webster

[2] : WordNet (r) 2.0
indecision
     n 1: doubt concerning two or more possible alternatives or
          courses of action; "his indecision was only momentary
          but the opportunity was lost" syn: indecisiveness, irresolution
     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: decisiveness,
         decisiveness
see also:
indecisiveness irresolution decisiveness 
[3] : Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
57 moby thesaurus words for "indecision":
   ambitendency, ambivalence, capriciousness, chance, chanciness,
   change of mind, changeableness, double-mindedness, dubiety,
   dubiousness, erraticism, erraticness, fence-sitting,
   fence-straddling, fickleness, fluctuation, hesitancy, hesitation,
   incalculability, incertitude, inconstancy, indecisiveness,
   indemonstrability, indeterminacy, indetermination, indeterminism,
   infirmity of purpose, instability, irresolution, luck,
   mercuriality, mugwumpery, mugwumpism, randomness, second thoughts,
   shilly-shally, shilly-shallying, suspense, suspensefulness,
   tergiversation, to-and-fro, unaccountability, uncertainness,
   uncertainty, uncertainty principle, undecidedness,
   undeterminedness, unforeseeableness, unpredictability,
   unprovability, unsettledness, unsettlement, unsureness,
   unverifiability, vacillation, wavering, whimsicality




[4] : THE DEVIL'S DICTIONARY ((C)1911 Released April 15 1993)
indecision, n.  the chief element of success; "for whereas," saith sir
thomas brewbold, "there is but one way to do nothing and divers way to
do something, whereof, to a surety, only one is the right way, it
followeth that he who from indecision standeth still hath not so many
chances of going astray as he who pusheth forwards" -- a most clear
and satisfactory exposition on the matter.
    "your prompt decision to attack," said genera grant on a certain
occasion to general gordon granger, "was admirable; you had but five
minutes to make up your mind in."
    "yes, sir," answered the victorious subordinate, "it is a great
thing to be know exactly what to do in an emergency.  when in doubt
whether to attack or retreat i never hesitate a moment -- i toss us a
copper."
    "do you mean to say that's what you did this time?"
    "yes, general; but for heaven's sake don't reprimand me:  i
disobeyed the coin."




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