prevarication
51prevaricate — [prɪ varɪkeɪt] verb speak or act evasively. Derivatives prevarication noun prevaricator noun Origin C16 (earlier (ME) as prevarication and prevaricator), in the sense go astray, transgress : from L. praevaricat , praevaricari walk crookedly,… …
52evasion — n. 1. Evading. See evade. 2. Shuffling (in the abstract), prevarication, equivocation, quibbling, subterfuge, disingenuousness, sophistry, tergiversation. 3. Shift, subterfuge, equivocation, prevarication, quibble, tergiversation, shuffling,… …
53lie# — lie vb Lie, prevaricate, equivocate, palter, fib mean to tell an untruth directly or indirectly. Lie is the straightforward word, flatly imputing dishonesty to the speaker {he lies, and he knows he lies Johnson} {the article . . . has… …
54mendacity — n 1. untruthfulness, inveracity, prevarication, equivocation, evasion, truthlessness; falsity, falseness, mendaciousness, deceit, duplicity, deception, dissimulation, crookedness; hypocrisy, disingenuousness, guilefulness, double dealing. 2.… …
55untruth — n 1. untruthfulness, inveracity, falsity, lying, mendacity, truthlessness; erroneousness, fallaciousness, untrueness, misrepresentation; prevarication, perjury, dissimulation; sophistry, casuistry, Jesuitism, subtlety, subreption; deceitfulness,… …
56equivocation — noun 1. a statement that is not literally false but that cleverly avoids an unpleasant truth • Syn: ↑evasion • Derivationally related forms: ↑equivocate • Hypernyms: ↑misrepresentation, ↑deceit, ↑deception …
57evasiveness — noun intentionally vague or ambiguous • Syn: ↑equivocation, ↑prevarication • Derivationally related forms: ↑evasive, ↑prevaricate (for: ↑prevarication), ↑equivocate …
58fabrication — noun 1. writing in a fictional form • Syn: ↑fictionalization, ↑fictionalisation • Derivationally related forms: ↑fictionalise (for: ↑fictionalisation), ↑fictionalize ( …
59Equivocation — E*quiv o*ca tion, n. The use of expressions susceptible of a double signification, with a purpose to mislead. [1913 Webster] There being no room for equivocations, there is no need of distinctions. Locke. Syn: Prevarication; ambiguity; shuffling; …
60evasion — e*va sion ([ e]*v[=a] zh[u^]n), n. [L. evasio: cf. F. [ e]vasion. See {Evade}.] The act of eluding or avoiding, particularly the pressure of an argument, accusation, charge, or interrogation; artful means of eluding. [1913 Webster] Thou . . . by… …
