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tergiversation

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But, amidst the tergiversation of friends, and the virulence of foes, some still maintained the cause of justice.

Saying this in a tone which admitted of no tergiversation, the Black Bear raised his knife.

I am not in any way aware of having wounded my child except where your tergiversation opened her to my just reproach.

Fancy was his tyrant, and under its rule he had no time to reason and to see the miserable aspect of his political tergiversation.

Such tergiversation in times of civil discord was nothing new.

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On this page you'll find 108 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to tergiversation, such as: alienation, apostasy, backsliding, deficiency, dereliction, and desertion.

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

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