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The act of abandoning a party or cause
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tergiversation
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The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Tergiversation \Ter`gi*ver*sa"tion\, n. [L. tergiversario: cf. F. tergiversation.] The act of tergiversating; a shifting; shift; subterfuge; evasion. Writing is to be preferred before verbal conferences, as being freer from passions and tergiversations. ...
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
turning dishonestly from a straightforward action or statement; shifting, shuffling, equivocation, 1560s, from Latin tergiversationem (nominative tergiversatio ) "a shifting, evasion, declining, refusing," from past participle stem of tergiversari "turn ...
WordNet
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n. falsification by means of vague or ambiguous language [syn: equivocation ] the act of abandoning a party or cause [syn: apostasy ]
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