Tergiversation

[,tә:dʒivә:'seiʃәn]

Definition

(n.) The act of tergiversating; a shifting; shift; subterfuge; evasion.

(n.) Fickleness of conduct; inconstancy; change.

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Synonyms and Synonymous

n. [1]. Evasion, shift, subterfuge.[2]. Vacillation, veering, fickleness, instability.

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Definition

n. a shuffling or shifting: subterfuge: fickleness of conduct.—v.i. Ter′giversate to practise or use evasion.—n. Ter′giversātor.

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