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