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| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | confusing word |
| Synonyms: | confusing statement, dodge, equivocal saying, evasion, misleading statement, misleading word, suppressio veri, waffling |
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| Concept: | Tergiversation. |
| Category: | 1. Acts of volition |
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change of mind, change of intention, change of purpose; afterthought., tergiversation, recantation; palinode, palinody; renunciation; abjuration, abjurement; defection (relinquishment); going over; apostasy; retraction, retractation; withdrawal; disavowal (negation); revocation, revokement; reversal; repentance; redintegratio amoris., coquetry; vacillation; backsliding; volte-face., turncoat, turn tippet; rat, apostate, renegade; convert, pervert; proselyte, deserter; backslider; blackleg, crawfish [U.S.], scab, mugwump [U.S.], recidivist., time server, time pleaser; timist, Vicar of Bray, trimmer, ambidexter; weathercock (changeable); Janus.
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