tergiversation
[noun]
Synonyms: defection, apostasy, desertion, falseness, recreancy, ambiguity, amphibology, double entendre, double meaning, equivocality, equivocation, equivoque

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Related Words: about-face, reversal, reverse, denial, disavowal, forswearing, renunciation, repudiation

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tergiversation noun

1. the act of making statements that deliberately hide the truth or that avoid answering a question directly
2. the act of removing your support from one person, group, or religion and beginning to support another

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