Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary · 1913

Irresolution

Irresolution , noun

[Compare French irrésolution.]

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