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lip service

NOUN
empty talk
Synonyms
WEAK
duplicity empty talk hollow words hypocrisy hypocritical respect insincerity jive lie lip devotion lip homage lip praise lip reverence lip worship mouth honor mouthing sham smooth talk sweet-talk token agreement tokenism unctuousness

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Can any of us ever pay more than lip service to peace?

From Salon

We’ve had some changes on campuses, at least lip service being paid to more viewpoint diversity.

From The Wall Street Journal

Fifty years of lip service to self-determination for Greenland doesn’t add up, if it ever did.

From The Wall Street Journal

They pay lavish lip service to difficult and demanding ideals without developing the capabilities required to defend them.

From The Wall Street Journal

Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer said the cycle of "paying lip service to the potential of the North" had to end.

From BBC

From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.