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tergiversation |
2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Tergiversation \Ter`gi*ver*sa"tion\, n. [L. tergiversario: cf F. tergiversation.] 1. The act of tergiversating; a shifting; shift; subterfuge; evasion. Writing is to be preferred before verbal conferences, as being freer from passions and tergiversations. --Abp. Bramhall. 2. Fickleness of conduct; inconstancy; change. The colonel, after all his tergiversations, lost his life in the king's service. --Clarendon. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: tergiversation n 1: falsification by means of vague or ambiguous language [syn: {equivocation}] 2: the act of abandoning a party or cause [syn: {apostasy}]
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