Tergiversation /(?)/
Ter·gi·ver·sa·tion
Tergiversation
n.
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The act of tergiversating; a shifting; shift; subterfuge; evasion.
Writing is to be preferred before verbal conferences, as being freer from passions and tergiversations.
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Fickleness of conduct; inconstancy; change.
The colonel, after all his tergiversations, lost his life in the king's service.