| Definition of 'prevarication' |
Princeton's WordNet |
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1. (noun) lie, prevarication
a statement that deviates from or perverts the truth
2. (noun) equivocation, prevarication, evasiveness
intentionally vague or ambiguous
3. (noun) lying, prevarication, fabrication
the deliberate act of deviating from the truth
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| Definition of 'prevarication' |
Webster Dictionary |
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1. (noun) prevarication
the act of prevaricating, shuffling, or quibbling, to evade the truth or the disclosure of truth; a deviation from the truth and fair dealing
2. (noun) prevarication
a secret abuse in the exercise of a public office
3. (noun) prevarication
the collusion of an informer with the defendant, for the purpose of making a sham prosecution
4. (noun) prevarication
a false or deceitful seeming to undertake a thing for the purpose of defeating or destroying it
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