Definition for Tergiversation:

• Fickleness or instability of conduct.

Synonyms for Tergiversation:

• n.

  •
  • trust,
  • approach.
  •
  • shuffle,
  • hedge,
  • waffle,
  • clear.
  •abandonment (noun)
  • relinquishment,
  • withdrawal,
  • desertion,
  • abandonment,
  • defection,
  • surrender,
  • vacation,
  • abdication,
  • discontinuation,
  • resignation.
  •act (noun)
  • tergiversation.
  •ambiguity (noun)
  • in determinatenesses,
  • un-clearness,
  • polysemousnesses,
  • un certainty,
  • in-conclusiveness,
  • in definiteness,
  • un clearnesses,
  • doubleentendres,
  • in certitude,
  • in conclusiveness,
  • un-clearnesses,
  • equivocacies,
  • inconclusivenesses,
  • in-certitudes,
  • doubleentendre,
  • in-conclusivenesses,
  • un-certainty,
  • un certainties,
  • in conclusivenesses,
  • in determinateness,
  • polysemies,
  • indeterminatenesses,
  • in-determinateness,
  • in certitudes,
  • un-certainties,
  • in-definiteness,
  • in-determinatenesses,
  • double meanings,
  • in definitenesses,
  • in-certitude,
  • double-entendres,
  • un clearness,
  • in-definitenesses.
  •avoidance (noun)
  • evasiveness.
  •defection (noun)
  • rebellion,
  • failing,
  • repudiation,
  • separation,
  • dereliction,
  • faithlessness,
  • deficiency,
  • alienation,
  • forsaking,
  • failure,
  • disloyalty,
  • divorce,
  • rejection,
  • Sundering,
  • estrangement,
  • severance,
  • lack,
  • revolt,
  • disaffection,
  • retreat,
  • backsliding,
  • parting.
  •desertion (noun)
  • dis-avowal,
  • disavowings,
  • de-partings,
  • maroonings,
  • de-relicts,
  • de relict,
  • falling aways,
  • departings,
  • de relicts,
  • dis avowal,
  • dis-avowing,
  • de partings,
  • running out ons,
  • de-parting,
  • de parting,
  • going back ons,
  • dis avowing,
  • defectings,
  • dis avowals,
  • de-relict,
  • dis-avowals.
  •double entendre (noun)
  • amphibiologies.
  •equivocation (noun)
  • lying,
  • fallacy,
  • delusion,
  • runaround,
  • cover,
  • deception,
  • line,
  • casuistry,
  • dissimulation,
  • hedging,
  • cop out,
  • fibbing,
  • deceptiveness,
  • quibbling routine,
  • stall,
  • shuffling,
  • prevarication,
  • doubtfulness,
  • fib,
  • coloring,
  • stonewall,
  • cover up,
  • run-around,
  • sophistry,
  • speciousness,
  • coverup,
  • cover-up,
  • amphibology,
  • duplicity,
  • lie,
  • shufflings,
  • song,
  • con,
  • double talk,
  • distortion,
  • spuriousness,
  • misrepresentation,
  • song and dance,
  • deceit.
  •equivoque (noun)
  • ambiguous statements,
  • stonewallings.
  •position change (noun)
  • volte face.
  •recreance (noun)
  • re-creances,
  • re-creance,
  • re creances,
  • re creance.
  •state's evidence (noun)
  • state-evidence,
  • states evidence,
  • squealings,
  • tattlings,
  • states-evidence,
  • state's-evidence,
  • private sources,
  • state evidence.
  •volte face (noun)
  • uturn,
  • change heart,
  • u turn,
  • about face.

• Other synonyms:

  •
  • weasel word.
  •
  • euphemism.

Antonyms for Tergiversation:

• n.

  • defection
    marriage, enough, loyalty, calm, peace, ratification, faithfulness, plenty, harmony.
  • equivocation
    surety, frankness, trustworthiness, certainty, clarity, openness, truthfulness, reality, honesty, uprightness, truth, fact.
  • Other antonyms:
    plumpness, openheartedness, forthrightness, candor, plainness, directness, straightforwardness.

Tergiversation Sentence Examples:

• Hence it was just as well to go to the end of her logic, where reasons for tergiversation would be most pronounced.

• An end to this tergiversation.

Hyponym for Tergiversation:

• n.

  • act
    misrepresentation, falsification.