Definition of tergiversations Tergiversations
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What does tergiversations mean?
Wiktionary 
- tergiversations (Noun)
Plural of tergiversation.
Part of speech
š¤- tergiversations, noun, plural of tergiversation.
WordNet
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| tergiversation - falsification by means of vague or ambiguous language | ||
| equivocation | ||
| misrepresentation, falsification a misleading falsehood | ||
| tergiversation - the act of abandoning a party for cause | ||
| apostasy | ||
| desertion, forsaking, abandonment withdrawing support or help despite allegiance or responsibility; "his abandonment of his wife and children left them penniless" | ||
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Wiktionary
- tergiversation (Noun)
The act of abandoning something or someone, of changing sides; desertion; betrayal. - tergiversation (Noun)
The act of evading any clear course of action or speech, of being deliberately ambiguous; equivocation; fickleness.
Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary š
- tergiversation (n.)
The act of tergiversating; a shifting; shift; subterfuge; evasion. - tergiversation (n.)
Fickleness of conduct; inconstancy; change.
OmegaWiki DictionaryOmegaWiki Dictionary Ī©
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tergiversation
The negative alteration or falsification of something.
Chambers DictionaryChamber's 20th Century Dictionary š
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tergiversation
tÄr-ji-vÄr-sÄā²shun, n. a shuffling or shifting: subterfuge: fickleness of conduct.āv.i. Terā²giversate, to practise or use evasion.ān. Terā²giversÄtor. [L., from tergum, the back, versÄri, to turn.]
Part of speech
š¤- tergiversation, noun, singular of tergiversations.
