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tergiversation

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14 lettersPronunciation /tɝd͡ʒɪvɚˈseɪʃən/Part of speech nounSorted aeegiinorrsttvStarts with TEnds with N0 clues
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Definitions

  1. the act of abandoning a party for cause

Word origin

From Latin tergiversātiō, from tergiversārī (“to turn one's back, to evade, to avoid”) + -tiō (“-tion: forming abstract nouns”). Equivalent to tergiversate + -ion.

Used in a sentence

  • They make their outward impudence their mask, as foxes, the better we may not see where they truly tend, nor their true black tergiversation beneath.
  • Anyone who desires an hour's amusement may be advised to look up the tergiversations of eminent craniologists in their attempts to prove from brain measurements that women are stupider than men.

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