tergiversate meaning

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tergiversate (verb): be deliberately ambiguous or unclear in order to mislead or withhold information.

tergiversate has 2 meanings in this dictionary.

tergiversate as a verb

  1. be deliberately ambiguous or unclear in order to mislead or withhold information

    Synonyms: beat around the bush, equivocate, prevaricate, palter

    Type of: misinform

    Related forms: tergiversation

  2. abandon one's beliefs or allegiances

    Synonyms: apostatize, apostatise

    Type of: disown

    Related forms: tergiversation

Scrabble score: 16 (letter breakdown)

Word lists: words starting with TE · words ending in TE · 12-letter words

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