What does prevarication mean?
Definitions for prevarication
pre·var·i·ca·tion
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Princeton's WordNet
lie, prevaricationnoun
a statement that deviates from or perverts the truth
equivocation, prevarication, evasivenessnoun
intentionally vague or ambiguous
lying, prevarication, fabricationnoun
the deliberate act of deviating from the truth
Wiktionary
prevaricationnoun
Deviation from what is right or correct; transgression, perversion.
prevaricationnoun
Evasion of the truth; deceit, evasiveness.
Prevarication became the order of the day in his government while truth was a stranger in those halls.
prevaricationnoun
Evasiveness as a means of playing for time; procrastination, hesitancy.
Etymology: From prevaricaciun, prevarication, and their source, praevaricatio, from the stem of praevaricari.
Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
Prevaricationnoun
Shuffle; cavil.
Etymology: prævaricatio, Lat. prevarication, Fr. from prevaricate.
Several Romans, taken prisoners by Hannibal, were released upon obliging themselves by an oath to return again to his camp: among these was one, who, thinking to elude the oath, went the same day back to the camp, on pretence of having forgot something; but this prevarication was so shocking to the Roman senate, that they ordered him to be delivered up to Hannibal. Joseph Addison, Freeholder.
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prevarication
Prevarication is the act of speaking or behaving in an evasive, deceptive, or misleading manner to avoid telling the truth or being straightforward. It often involves providing vague, ambiguous, or unclear information with the intent to deceive or mislead.
Webster Dictionary
Prevaricationnoun
the act of prevaricating, shuffling, or quibbling, to evade the truth or the disclosure of truth; a deviation from the truth and fair dealing
Prevaricationnoun
a secret abuse in the exercise of a public office
Prevaricationnoun
the collusion of an informer with the defendant, for the purpose of making a sham prosecution
Prevaricationnoun
a false or deceitful seeming to undertake a thing for the purpose of defeating or destroying it
Etymology: [L. praevaricatio: cf. F. prvarication.]
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Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of prevarication in Chaldean Numerology is: 1
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of prevarication in Pythagorean Numerology is: 7
Examples of prevarication in a Sentence
We should be getting on with it [Hinkley Point] not least because there are thousands and thousands of jobs depending on this project, prevarication and weakness from the government is leading to jeopardising those jobs.
...There is no time for delay, for prevarication or for obstructionism from any quarter.
Without prevarication I say it. We call for a military solution.
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- vyhýbání se, zamlčováníCzech
- undvigelseDanish
- Wahrheitsverzerrung, Verstoß, Übertretung, Verfehlung, Ausflucht, TatsachenverdrehungGerman
- παρεκτροπήGreek
- mentiraSpanish
- تلقیحPersian
- paheksuntaFinnish
- dérobade, subterfuge, prévarication, faux-fuyant, échappatoireFrench
- ներկայացումArmenian
- sikap mengelak, tidak jujurIndonesian
- prevaricazioneItalian
- 曖昧な返答Japanese
- praeviatioLatin
- uitvlucht, draaierijDutch
- utfluktNorwegian
- Prevarication - zatajanie, obłudaPolish
- evaziuneRomanian
- преварщениеRussian
- undvika, slingra sigSwedish
- பகுத்திற்கு ஏற்புடையவழிTamil
- భ్రమణ వికర్షణTelugu
- การพูดโกหกThai
- iki yüzlülükTurkish
- جھوٹ bolanaUrdu
- lòng lừa dốiVietnamese
- פּרעוואַריקיישאַןYiddish
- 支吾其词Chinese
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