vacillate
1 antonym for vacillate — opposites grouped by meaning.
Verb — To move or rock unevenly from one side to another.
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2. verb
To keep changing your mind between different choices or opinions, unable to settle on one.
“On the streets of Berlin, Ruth and her compatriots vacillated "between hope and despair."”
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Etymology
Comes from Latin vacillātum, the supine form of vacillō (“sway, waver”); by surface analysis, it breaks down as Latin vacill- + -ate.
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