quibble

nicety

artifice cavil criticism dodge duplicity equivocation evasion niggle pretense prevarication protest quiddity quirk shift sophism subterfuge subtlety

hair-splitter nit-picker

approval directness facing honesty meeting openness praise reality

agreement concurrence

bicker carp spar squabble waffle wrangle

altercate argufy avoid cavil chicane criticize dispute equivocate evade fence flip-flop hassle pettifog pretend prevaricate shift

argue over blow hot and cold catch at straws have at it hem and haw hypercriticize make a big thing about nit-pick paralogize put up an argument set to split hairs talk back

agree

face meet tell the truth

approve concur