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irresolution|ɪrɛzəˈl(j)uːʃən|
[prob. a. F. irrésolution (Montaigne, 16th c.), f. ir- (ir-2) + résolution: cf. It. irresoluzione, -solutione (Florio, 1598).]
Want of resolution.
†1. The condition of not having arrived at a settled opinion on some subject; undecided opinion, uncertainty, doubt. With pl., An instance of this.
1592Sir H. Unton Corr. (Roxb.) 291 The vnhappie accident of the Kinges late hurte dothe..nourishe strange conceipts and irresolutions. 1603Florio Montaigne (1632) 431 Their irresolution, the weakenesse of their arguments..being apparent to all men. a1648Ld. Herbert Hen. VIII (1683) 351 Bringing Religion thus into much irresolution and Controversie. 1652Kirkman Clerio & Lozia 89 The Souls of these amorous Lovers floated all this night among an hundred different irresolutions. 1704Norris Ideal World ii. Pref. 1, I expressed myself with some suspense and irresolution. 1813W. Taylor Eng. Synon. 23 Doubt is the hesitation of ignorance; uncertainty, of irresolution; and suspense, of indecision.
2. The condition of being irresolute or undecided; indecision as to a course of action; indecision of character; vacillation. With an and pl., An instance of this.
1601R. Johnson Kingd. & Commw. (1603) 140 For the conquest of any forren place, I beleeve they would proceede with like slownesse and irresolution. 1635J. Hayward tr. Biondi's Banish'd Virg. 149, I being for my owne part in such affaires a mortall enemy of irresolutions. 1701Rowe Amb. Step-Moth. i. i, Be fix'd, my Soul,..nor know the Weakness, The poor Irresolution of my Sex. 1810House of Lancaster I. 44 [This] cast him into an irresolution much easier to be imagined than described. 1823Lingard Hist. Eng. VI. 260 His irresolution of mind..induced him to listen to the suggestions of the French ambassadors. 1863Geo. Eliot Romola xi, When Fra Luca had ceased to speak, Tito still stood by him in irresolution. |