tergiversation
tergiversation
nounDefinition of TERGIVERSATION
deliberate evasion in speech <like most politicians, he has the gift for tergiversation>
Related Words quibbling; ambiguity, ambiguousness, equivocalness, murkiness, nebulousness, obscureness, obscurity, opacity
Near Antonyms candor, directness, forthrightness, frankness, openheartedness, openness, plainness, plumpness, straightforwardness
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