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Definition of Prevarication
1. Noun. A statement that deviates from or perverts the truth.
Generic synonyms: Falsehood, Falsity, Untruth
Specialized synonyms: Fib, Story, Tale, Taradiddle, Tarradiddle, Jactitation, Walloper, Whopper, White Lie
Derivative terms: Lie, Prevaricate
2. Noun. Intentionally vague or ambiguous.
Generic synonyms: Ambiguity, Equivocalness, Untruthfulness
Derivative terms: Equivocate, Evasive, Prevaricate
3. Noun. The deliberate act of deviating from the truth.
Generic synonyms: Falsification, Misrepresentation
Specialized synonyms: Fibbing, Paltering
Derivative terms: Fabricate, Lie, Prevaricate
Definition of Prevarication
1. n. The act of prevaricating, shuffling, or quibbling, to evade the truth or the disclosure of truth; a deviation from the truth and fair dealing.
Definition of Prevarication
1. Noun. (rare) Deviation from what is right or correct; transgression, perversion. ¹
2. Noun. Evasion of the truth; deceit, evasiveness. ¹
3. Noun. Evasiveness as a means of playing for time; procrastination, hesitancy. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Prevarication
1. [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Prevarication
Literary usage of Prevarication
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Science by American Association for the Advancement of Science (1910)
"This classical animal, which has given rise to more misunderstanding and downright
prevarication than perhaps any other animal, ..."
2. Publications by Oxford Historical Society (1907)
"... but he lost himself through his Prevarication, when Dr. Brickenden was elected
io Master of Pembroke Coll. in opposition to Mr. Archdeacon Hunt, ..."
3. The Greville Memoirs: A Journal of the Reigns of King George IV., King by Charles Greville (1903)
"... Lord Palmerston's Italian Sympathies—The Electric Telegraph- Opposition in
France to the War—The Emperor's Prevarication— Opening of Parliament—Debates ..."
4. Allen's Synonyms and Antonyms by Frederic Sturges Allen (1920)
"shift; spec, dodge, prevarication, tergiversation. even, a. 1. Referring to
adjoining surfaces: level, equal (archaic), smooth, flat, regular; spec, flush. ..."
5. A Treatise on the Law of Evidence as Administered in England and Ireland by John Pitt Taylor (1887)
"... the court- martial, in the event of las non-attendance to give evidence on
oath or affirmation, or of his prevarication, possesses also an alternative ..."
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