About The Word Prevarication
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Prevarication
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What's The Definition Of Prevarication?
[n] the deliberate act of deviating from the truth
[n] intentionally vague or ambiguous [n] a statement that deviates from or perverts the truth Synonyms | Synonyms for Prevarication: equivocation | evasiveness | fabrication | lie | lying Related Terms | Find terms related to Prevarication: See Also | ambiguity | equivocalness | false statement | falsehood | falsification | falsity | fib | fibbing | jactitation | misrepresentaation | paltering | story | tale | taradiddle | tarradiddle | untruth | untruthfulness | white lie | whopper Prevarication In Webster's Dictionary \Pre*var`i*ca"tion\, n. [L. praevaricatio: cf. F.
pr['e]varication.]
1. The act of prevaricating, shuffling, or quibbling, to
evade the truth or the disclosure of truth; a deviation
from the truth and fair dealing.
The august tribunal of the skies, where no
prevarication shall avail. --Cowper.
2. A secret abuse in the exercise of a public office.
3. (Law)
(a) (Roman Law) The collusion of an informer with the
defendant, for the purpose of making a sham
prosecution.
(b) (Common Law) A false or deceitful seeming to undertake
a thing for the purpose of defeating or destroying it.
--Cowell.
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