Meaning of TERGIVERSATION
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- [n] the act of abandoning a party or cause
- [n] falsification by means of vague or ambiguous language
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TERGIVERSATION is a 14 letter word that starts with T. |
| | Synonyms: | | apostasy, equivocation |
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| | See Also: | | abandonment, desertion, falsification, forsaking, misrepresentaation | |
| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | \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.
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