indecision Copy link Outline I. In any particular case1. haesĭtātio2. dŭbĭtātioII. As a feature of character1. inconstantia (lack of steadiness of purpose)2. animus parum firmus; propositi parum firmus; v. DECIDED (adj.). • indecision: I. In any particular case: 1. haesĭtātio: to pardon any one's i., alicujus h. ignoscere, Cic. Fam. 3, 12, 2: Tac.: v. hesitation. 2. dŭbĭtātio: to be in a state of extreme i., aestuare dubitatione [versare se in utramque partem], Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 30, 74. Join: dubitatio et mora, Sall. (R. and A.). Phr.: to be in a state of i., haesitare (v. to hesitate), animo fluctuari, Curt. 4, 12, ad fin.: Liv. (animi or animo pendere, is to be in a state of anxious suspense). II. As a feature of character: 1. inconstantia (lack of steadiness of purpose): Join: inconstantia mutabilitasque mentis, Cic. Tusc. 4, 35, fin.; varietas, et inconstantia et crebra sententiarum mutatio. Or. pro Dom. 2, 4. 2. animus parum firmus; propositi parum firmus; v. decided (adj.).