PREVARICATION

lying, prevarication, fabrication

(noun) the deliberate act of deviating from the truth

equivocation, prevarication, evasiveness

(noun) intentionally vague or ambiguous

lie, prevarication

(noun) a statement that deviates from or perverts the truth

Source: WordNet® 3.1

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Etymology

Noun

prevarication (countable and uncountable, plural prevarications)

(now rare) Deviation from what is right or correct; transgression, perversion.

Evasion of the truth; deceit, evasiveness.

A secret abuse in the exercise of a public office.

(legal, historical, Ancient Rome) The collusion of an informer with the defendant, for the purpose of making a sham prosecution.

(legal) A false or deceitful seeming to undertake a thing for the purpose of defeating or destroying it.

Source: Wiktionary

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Pre*var`i*ca"tion, n. Etym: [L. praevaricatio: cf. F. prévarication.]

1. The act of prevaricating, shuffling, or quibbling, to evade the truth or the disclosure of truth; a deviation from the truth and fair dealing. The august tribunal of the skies, where no prevarication shall avail. Cowper.

2. A secret abuse in the exercise of a public office.

3. (Law) (a) (Roman Law) The collusion of an informer with the defendant, for the purpose of making a sham prosecution. (b) (Common Law) A false or deceitful seeming to undertake a thing for the purpose of defeating or destroying it. Cowell.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition

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