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falter
verb
Synonyms and Antonyms of FALTER
1
to show uncertainty about the right course of action <William Lloyd Garrison never once faltered in his demand that slavery be unconditionally abolished>
Synonyms balance, dither, falter, halt, hang back, scruple, shilly-shally, stagger, teeter, vacillate, waver, wobble (also wabble)
2
to swing unsteadily back and forth or from side to side <the cut tree seemed to falter for a moment before crashing to the ground>
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