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tergiversation

NOUN
defection
Synonyms
STRONG
alienation apostasy backsliding deficiency dereliction desertion disaffection disloyalty disownment divorce estrangement failing failure faithlessness forsaking lack parting rebellion rejection repudiation retreat revolt separation severance withdrawal
WEAK
recreance recreancy sundering
Antonyms
STRONG
calm enough faithfulness harmony loyalty marriage peace plenty ratification
NOUN
equivocation
Synonyms
STRONG
ambiguity amphiboly casuistry coloring con cover cover-up deceit deception deceptiveness delusion dissimulation distortion doubtfulness duplicity euphemism evasion fallacy fib fibbing hedge hedging lie line lying misrepresentation prevarication shuffle shuffling song sophistry speciousness spuriousness stall waffle
WEAK
cop out double entendre double meaning double talk equivocality equivoque quibbling routine runaround song and dance stonewall weasel word
Antonyms
STRONG
certainty clarity fact frankness honesty openness reality surety trustworthiness truth truthfulness uprightness

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Tergiversation, tėr-ji-vėr-sā′shun, n. a shuffling or shifting: subterfuge: fickleness of conduct.—v.i.

From Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 4 of 4: S-Z and supplements) by Various

The Tergiversation of the Army of the West.—The delay of the Army of the West, and the timorous counsels of Green and Lafayette, were the salvation of Potty, Pipes, and Piffle.

From The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. XXII (of 25) Juvenilia and Other Papers by Stevenson, Robert Louis

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