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| apostasy | (n) the act of abandoning a party for cause, Syn. tergiversation |
| apostatize | (v) abandon one's beliefs or allegiances, Syn. apostatise, tergiversate |
| beat around the bush | (v) be deliberately ambiguous or unclear in order to mislead or withhold information, Syn. prevaricate, tergiversate, equivocate, palter |
| equivocation | (n) falsification by means of vague or ambiguous language, Syn. tergiversation |
| hedger | (n) a respondent who avoids giving a clear direct answer, Syn. tergiversator, equivocator |
| Tergiversate | v. i. [ L. tergiversatus, p. p. of tergiversari to turn one's back, to shift; tergum back + versare, freq. of vertere to turn. See Verse. ] To shift; to practice evasion; to use subterfuges; to shuffle. [ R. ] Bailey. [ 1913 Webster ] |
| Tergiversation | n. [ L. tergiversario: cf. F. tergiversation. ] Writing is to be preferred before verbal conferences, as being freer from passions and tergiversations. Abp. Bramhall. [ 1913 Webster ] The colonel, after all his tergiversations, lost his life in the king's service. Clarendon. [ 1913 Webster ] |
| Tergiversator | n. [ L. ] One who tergiversates; one who suffles, or practices evasion. [ 1913 Webster ] |
| Ausflucht { f } | Ausflüchte { pl } | tergiversation | tergiversations [Add to Longdo] |
| widersprach sich | tergiversated [Add to Longdo] |
| widerspricht sich | tergiversates [Add to Longdo] |
