'Tergiversation' definitions:

Definition of 'tergiversation'

(from WordNet)
noun
Falsification by means of vague or ambiguous language [syn: equivocation, tergiversation]
noun
The act of abandoning a party for cause [syn: apostasy, tergiversation]

Definition of 'Tergiversation'

From: GCIDE
  • Tergiversation \Ter`gi*ver*sa"tion\, n. [L. tergiversario: cf. F. tergiversation.]
  • 1. The act of tergiversating; a shifting; shift; subterfuge; evasion. [1913 Webster]
  • Writing is to be preferred before verbal conferences, as being freer from passions and tergiversations. --Abp. Bramhall. [1913 Webster]
  • 2. Fickleness of conduct; inconstancy; change. [1913 Webster]
  • The colonel, after all his tergiversations, lost his life in the king's service. --Clarendon. [1913 Webster]

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