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vacillation

n.
US //ˌvæsəˈɫeɪʃən// UK //vˌæsɪlˈeɪʃən// vac·il·la·tion
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Origin

From Middle English vacillacion, a learned borrowing from Latin vacillātiō (“swaying”). By surface analysis, vacillate + -ion.

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