doubt concerning two or more possible alternatives or courses of action
<noun.cognition> his indecision was only momentary but the opportunity was lost
the trait of being irresolute; lacking firmness of purpose
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Irresolution \Ir*res`o*lu"tion\, n. [Cf. F. irr['e]solution.] Lack of resolution; lack 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.