Thesaurus: tergiversation

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1. n. The act of tergiversating; a shifting; shift; subterfuge; evasion.
2. n. Fickleness of conduct; inconstancy; change.
3. n. falsification by means of vague or ambiguous language
4. n. the act of abandoning a party for cause
5. 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.
6. n falsification by means of vague or ambiguous language n the act of abandoning a party for cause