tergiversation

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Another has been the behavior of its distinguished columnists-the lamentation of Mark Sullivan, the oscillation of Dorothy Thompson, the tergiversation of Walter Lippmann.

From Time Magazine Archive

He had made Scotland a nation, and nobly redeemed the tergiversation and violence of his earlier career.

From The History of England From the Accession of Henry III. to the Death of Edward III. (1216-1377) by Hunt, William

Between the two strong natures there was no subterfuge, no suggestion of polite evasions, of tergiversation, only the plea of truth to truth.

From Within the Law by Veiller, Bayard

In his peroration the speaker commented upon Toombs’s tergiversation with such effective severity it elicited wild applause from the men of his side.

From The Brothers' War by Reed, John Calvin

It was not true, though it made Ferdinand very cordial for a time, and soon the relations between England and Spain resumed their usual course of smooth-tongued distrust and tergiversation.

From The Wives of Henry the Eighth and the Parts They Played in History by Hume, Martin Andrew Sharp