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The moment conviction checks its phone instead of making eye contact.
means To hesitate or show unsteadiness between choices, or to flicker/tremble instead of holding firm.
from From Old Norse 'vafra' (to flicker, hover about), related to Old English 'wæfre' (restless, wandering). It shares a root cluster with 'wave' and 'waft' — all circling the idea of something moving unsteadily back and forth rather than settling.
- origin
- relates to wave, as in unsteady motion
- not
- same word as waiver, which signs things away
- synonym energy
- hesitate, but with visible wobble
- honest use
- describes flames, voices, and resolve equally well