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From: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

 Wa·ver v. i. [imp. & p. p. Wavered p. pr. & vb. n. Wavering.]
 1. To play or move to and fro; to move one way and the other; hence, to totter; to reel; to swing; to flutter.
    With banners and pennons wavering with the wind.   --Ld. Berners.
    Thou wouldst waver on one of these trees as a terror to all evil speakers against dignities.   --Sir W. Scott.
 2. To be unsettled in opinion; to vacillate; to be undetermined; to fluctuate; as, to water in judgment.
    Let us hold fast . . . without wavering.   --Heb. x. 23.
 In feeble hearts, propense enough before
 To waver, or fall off and join with idols.   --Milton.
 Syn: -- To reel; totter; vacillate.  See Fluctuate.

From: WordNet (r) 2.0

 wavering
      adj : uncertain in purpose or action [syn: vacillant, vacillating]
      n 1: indecision in speech or action [syn: hesitation, vacillation]
      2: the quality of being unsteady and subject to fluctuations;
         "he kept a record of price fluctuations" [syn: fluctuation]