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TERGIVERSATION
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
The act of abandoning a party for cause
Synonyms:
apostasy; tergiversation
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Hypernyms ("tergiversation" is a kind of...):
abandonment; desertion; forsaking (the act of giving something up)
Derivation:
tergiversate (abandon one's beliefs or allegiances)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Falsification by means of vague or ambiguous language
Synonyms:
equivocation; tergiversation
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Hypernyms ("tergiversation" is a kind of...):
falsification; misrepresentation (a willful perversion of facts)
Derivation:
tergiversate (be deliberately ambiguous or unclear in order to mislead or withhold information)
