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Tergiversation

Tergiversation Meaning & Definition
Tergiversation Definition And Meaning

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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