Meaning & use
decisiveness
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The quality of being able to make decisions quickly and confidently.
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The new manager's decisiveness impressed the team during the crisis.
Years of hesitation had cost her; she vowed to lead with more decisiveness next time.
A note on using this word
Refers to the ability to decide confidently, not necessarily to being correct; a decisive choice can still turn out to be wrong.
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indecisionhesitancy
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