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tergiversation
(mass) | tergiversation
- výhovorka |
tergiversation
(encz) | tergiversation,odpadlictví n: Zdeněk Brož |
tergiversation
(encz) | tergiversation,výmluva n: Zdeněk Brož |
tergiversation
(encz) | tergiversation,vytáčka n: Zdeněk Brož |
Tergiversation
(gcide) | Tergiversation \Ter`gi*ver*sa"tion\, n. [L. tergiversario: cf.
F. tergiversation.]
1. The act of tergiversating; a shifting; shift; subterfuge;
evasion.
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Writing is to be preferred before verbal
conferences, as being freer from passions and
tergiversations. --Abp.
Bramhall.
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2. Fickleness of conduct; inconstancy; change.
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The colonel, after all his tergiversations, lost his
life in the king's service. --Clarendon.
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tergiversation
(wn) | tergiversation
n 1: falsification by means of vague or ambiguous language [syn:
equivocation, tergiversation]
2: the act of abandoning a party for cause [syn: apostasy,
tergiversation] |
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Tergiversation
(gcide) | Tergiversation \Ter`gi*ver*sa"tion\, n. [L. tergiversario: cf.
F. tergiversation.]
1. The act of tergiversating; a shifting; shift; subterfuge;
evasion.
[1913 Webster]
Writing is to be preferred before verbal
conferences, as being freer from passions and
tergiversations. --Abp.
Bramhall.
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2. Fickleness of conduct; inconstancy; change.
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The colonel, after all his tergiversations, lost his
life in the king's service. --Clarendon.
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