Antonyms for decisiveness

Grammar : Noun

Spell : dih-sahy-siv

Phonetic Transcription : dɪˈsaɪ sɪv

Definition of decisiveness

Origin : 1610s, from Medieval Latin decisivus, from Latin decis-, past participle stem of decidere (see decide). Related: Decisively; decisiveness.

noun decision

Example sentences :

Finally he spoke with the decisiveness characteristic of him.
Extract from : « Within the Law » by Marvin Dana

It had lost something of its harshness––something, too, of its decisiveness.
Extract from : « The Web of the Golden Spider » by Frederick Orin Bartlett

The conclusion is expressed with a decisiveness that almost seems crude.
Extract from : « Diderot and the Encyclopdists » by John Morley

"You must leave her," she urged, with a new touch of decisiveness.
Extract from : « Jennie Gerhardt » by Theodore Dreiser

Abruptly Parish Thornton admonished him in the quiet tone of decisiveness.
Extract from : « The Roof Tree » by Charles Neville Buck

In the field he had been distinguished for his decisiveness and energy.
Extract from : « Sixes and Sevens » by O. Henry

The decisiveness of the psalmist's conviction does not lead him to exaggeration.
Extract from : « The Expositor's Bible: The Psalms, Vol. 2 » by Alexander Maclaren

There was a decisiveness in Katherines tone that warned Peter to self-control.
Extract from : « The Dull Miss Archinard » by Anne Douglas Sedgwick

His thoughts had at times great energy and decisiveness in this direction.
Extract from : « Children of the Soil » by Henryk Sienkiewicz

There was a decisiveness about the Major's tones not to be misunderstood.
Extract from : « Mr. Dide, His Vacation in Colorado » by Lewis B. France

Synonyms for decisiveness

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