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PALTERING
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A trivial act of lying or being deliberately unclear
Synonyms:
fibbing; paltering
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Hypernyms ("paltering" is a kind of...):
fabrication; lying; prevarication (the deliberate act of deviating from the truth)
Derivation:
palter (be deliberately ambiguous or unclear in order to mislead or withhold information)
II. (verb)
Sense 1
-ing form of the verb palter
