vacillation

n. swaying to and fro, fluctuation; hesitation, wavering

Noun
1. indecision in speech or action
(synonym) hesitation, wavering
(hypernym) indecision, indecisiveness, irresolution
(derivation) hover, vibrate, vacillate, oscillate
2. changing location by moving back and forth
(synonym) swing, swinging
(hypernym) motion, movement, move
(derivation) fluctuate, vacillate, waver

n. vacillation, hesitation

(n.)
The act of vacillating; a moving one way and the other; a wavering.
  

Synonyms and related words:
alternation, capriciousness, chance, chanciness, changeableness, dallying, demurral, dillydallying, equivocation, erraticism, erraticness, fickleness, fluctuation, frequency, frequency band, frequency spectrum, harmonic motion, hesitancy, hesitation, incalculability, incertitude, indecision, indecisiveness, indemonstrability, indeterminacy, indetermination, indeterminism, irresolution, libration, luck, nutation, oscillation, pendulation, periodicity, randomness, resonance, resonance frequency, seesawing, shifting, shilly-shally, shilly-shallying, shuffling, suspense, suspensefulness, teeter-tottering, teetering, tottering, unaccountability, uncertainness, uncertainty, uncertainty principle, undecidedness, undeterminedness, unforeseeableness, unpredictability, unprovability, unsureness, unverifiability, variation, vibrancy, vibratility, vibration, vicissitude, wavering, whimsicality, wobbling