Definition of "irresolution" [ir•res•o•lu•tion]

• Lack of resolution; lack of decision or purpose; vacillation. (noun)

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• "The hour of my irresolution is past, and the period of your power is arrived."
• "But behind his irresolution is his hatred of bloodshed: he could whip out his sword and on a sudden kill Polonius, mistaking him for the king (Herbert), but he could not, in cold blood, make up his mind to kill and proceed to execution."
• "She urged the conspirators to do their work, and chided in the strongest terms their irresolution and pusillanimity."