tergiversation

tergiversation

noun

Definition of TERGIVERSATION

deliberate evasion in speech <like most politicians, he has the gift for tergiversation>

Synonyms equivocation, shuffle, tergiversation

Related Words quibbling; ambiguity, ambiguousness, equivocalness, murkiness, nebulousness, obscureness, obscurity, opacity

Near Antonyms candor, directness, forthrightness, frankness, openheartedness, openness, plainness, plumpness, straightforwardness