About The Word Tergiversation
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Tergiversation
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What's The Definition Of Tergiversation?
[n] the act of abandoning a party or cause
[n] falsification by means of vague or ambiguous language Synonyms | Synonyms for Tergiversation: apostasy | equivocation Related Terms | Find terms related to Tergiversation: See Also | abandonment | desertion | falsification | forsaking | misrepresentaation Tergiversation In Webster's Dictionary \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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