the mind > mental capacity > belief > uncertainty, doubt, hesitation > state of uncertainty, suspense > be in suspense [verb (intransitive)] > hesitate between alternatives
halt1382
dilemma1687
bedrift1837
pendulate1837
vacillate1841
to be in (also of, occasionally on) two minds (also in twenty minds, in (also of) several minds, etc.)1853
to be torn between1871
to play pendulum1893
1837 T. CarlyleFrench Revol. III. iii. iii. 178 Poor Orleans..foolishly bedrifted hither and thither.