Tergiversate

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • verb-intransitive. To use evasions or ambiguities; equivocate.
  • verb-intransitive. To change sides; apostatize.
    • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • v. To evade, to equivocate using subterfuge; to deliberately obfuscate.
  • v. To change sides or affiliation; to apostatize.
    • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • verb-intransitive. To shift; to practice evasion; to use subterfuges; to shuffle.
    • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • To shift; practise evasion; make use of shifts or subterfuges.
    • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • v. abandon one's beliefs or allegiances
  • v. be deliberately ambiguous or unclear in order to mislead or withhold information
    • Verb Form
    tergiversated    tergiversating   
    Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    repudiate    disown    renounce    misinform    mislead   
    Form
    tergiversation   
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    shift    shuffle    prevaricate    desert   
     
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