Definition of prevarications Prevarications

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What does prevarications mean?

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Noun
prevarication - a statement that deviates from or perverts the truth
		lie
		untruth, falsehood, falsity a false statement
		fib, tale, taradiddle, tarradiddle, story a trivial lie; "he told a fib about eating his spinach"; "how can I stop my child from telling stories?"
		jactitation (pathology) extremely restless tossing and twitching usually by a person with a severe illness
		whopper, walloper a gross untruth; a blatant lie
prevarication - the deliberate act of deviating from the truth
		lying, fabrication
		misrepresentation, falsification a misleading falsehood
prevarication - intentionally vague or ambiguous
		equivocation, evasiveness
		untruthfulness the quality of being untruthful
		equivocalness, ambiguity unclearness by virtue of having more than one meaning

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prevarication (Noun)
Deviation from what is right or correct; transgression, perversion.
prevarication (Noun)
Evasion of the truth; deceit, evasiveness.
prevarication (Noun)
A secret abuse in the exercise of a public office .
prevarication (Noun)
The collusion of an informer with the defendant, for the purpose of making a sham prosecution.
prevarication (Noun)
A false or deceitful seeming to undertake a thing for the purpose of defeating or destroying it.

prevarication (n.)
The act of prevaricating, shuffling, or quibbling, to evade the truth or the disclosure of truth; a deviation from the truth and fair dealing.
prevarication (n.)
A secret abuse in the exercise of a public office.
prevarication (n.)
The collusion of an informer with the defendant, for the purpose of making a sham prosecution.
prevarication (n.)
A false or deceitful seeming to undertake a thing for the purpose of defeating or destroying it.