[さんぷりょう, sanpuryou] irrelevance, prevarication, spread [Add to Longdo]
Result from Foreign Dictionaries (2 entries found)
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
Prevarication \Pre*var`i*ca"tion\, n. [L. praevaricatio: cf. F.
pr['e]varication.]
1. The act of prevaricating, shuffling, or quibbling, to
evade the truth or the disclosure of truth; a deviation
from the truth and fair dealing.
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The august tribunal of the skies, where no
prevarication shall avail. --Cowper.
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2. A secret abuse in the exercise of a public office.
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3. (Law)
(a) (Roman Law) The collusion of an informer with the
defendant, for the purpose of making a sham
prosecution.
(b) (Common Law) A false or deceitful seeming to undertake
a thing for the purpose of defeating or destroying it.
--Cowell.
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
prevarication
n 1: a statement that deviates from or perverts the truth [syn:
{lie}, {prevarication}]
2: intentionally vague or ambiguous [syn: {equivocation},
{prevarication}, {evasiveness}]
3: the deliberate act of deviating from the truth [syn: {lying},
{prevarication}, {fabrication}]
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