Dictionary entry

Indecision

Webster's Dictionary 1913

In′de‐ci″sion (?), n. [Pref. in- not + decision: cf. F. indécision.] 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.