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TERGIVERSATIONS
Noun
tergiversations
plural of tergiversation
Anagrams
• reinvestigators
Source: Wiktionary
TERGIVERSATION
Ter`gi*ver*sa"tion, n. Etym: [L. tergiversario: cf. F. tergiversation.]
1. The act of tergiversating; a shifting; shift; subterfuge; evasion. Writing is to be preferred before verbal conferences, as being freer from passions and tergiversations. Abp. Bramhall.
2. Fickleness of conduct; inconstancy; change. The colonel, after all his tergiversations, lost his life in the king's service. Clarendon.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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