Definition for Tergiversation:

• Fickleness or instability of conduct.

Synonyms for Tergiversation:

• n.

  •
  • trust,
  • Recreance,
  • approach,
  • Recreancy.
  •
  • waffle,
  • Equivoque,
  • shuffle,
  • clear,
  • hedge,
  • euphemism,
  • ambiguity,
  • weasel word.
  •
  • equivocality.
  •abandonment (noun)
  • desertion,
  • relinquishment,
  • defection,
  • abdication,
  • abandonment,
  • apostasy,
  • discontinuation,
  • surrender,
  • withdrawal,
  • resignation,
  • vacation.
  •act (noun)
  • equivocation.
  •avoidance (noun)
  • evasiveness.
  •defection (noun)
  • lack,
  • dereliction,
  • repudiation,
  • parting,
  • divorce,
  • disloyalty,
  • separation,
  • alienation,
  • forsaking,
  • desertion,
  • failing,
  • faithlessness,
  • failure,
  • Sundering,
  • disaffection,
  • estrangement,
  • retreat,
  • backsliding,
  • severance,
  • apostasy,
  • rejection,
  • Recreancy,
  • Recreance,
  • withdrawal,
  • revolt,
  • disownment,
  • rebellion,
  • deficiency.
  •equivocation (noun)
  • dissimulation,
  • cover up,
  • fib,
  • deceptiveness,
  • stonewall,
  • coloring,
  • stall,
  • spuriousness,
  • misrepresentation,
  • run-around,
  • shuffling,
  • casuistry,
  • waffle,
  • song and dance,
  • prevarication,
  • con,
  • line,
  • lie,
  • hedge,
  • lying,
  • amphibology,
  • shuffle,
  • deception,
  • hedging,
  • duplicity,
  • sophistry,
  • cop out,
  • deceit,
  • quibbling routine,
  • speciousness,
  • fibbing,
  • ambiguity,
  • weasel word,
  • evasion,
  • cover,
  • song,
  • equivocality,
  • Equivoque,
  • euphemism,
  • double meaning,
  • fallacy,
  • doubtfulness,
  • delusion,
  • distortion.
  •tergiversation (noun)
  • apostasy,
  • equivocation.

• Other synonyms:

  •
  • Equivoque,
  • weasel word,
  • Recreancy,
  • Recreance,
  • equivocality.
  •
  • euphemism.
  •
  • ambiguity.
  •
  • hedge.
  •
  • shuffle.
  •Other relevant words:
  • fencing,
  • renegade,
  • hypocrisy,
  • repudiation,
  • afterthought,
  • lack,
  • trimmer,
  • distortion,
  • fallacy,
  • chicane,
  • ambiguity,
  • betrayer,
  • irresolution,
  • failing,
  • evasiveness,
  • flip,
  • falsification,
  • Sundering,
  • chicanery,
  • Recreancy,
  • faithlessness,
  • mischief-maker,
  • fib,
  • disownment,
  • vacillation,
  • run-around,
  • sycophant,
  • song,
  • falseness,
  • approach,
  • shilly-shallying,
  • instability,
  • fibbing,
  • line,
  • bickering,
  • divorce,
  • tell-tale,
  • evasion,
  • Pettifoggery,
  • change,
  • ambivalence,
  • rejection,
  • doubtfulness,
  • equivocality,
  • casuistry,
  • fence-sitter,
  • Recidivation,
  • coloring,
  • duplicity,
  • volte-face,
  • denial,
  • quibbling,
  • prevarication,
  • amphibology,
  • recreant,
  • subterfuge,
  • rebellion,
  • repentance,
  • nit-picking,
  • retrograde motion,
  • sneak,
  • estrangement,
  • veering,
  • delusion,
  • hesitation,
  • disavowal,
  • stonewall,
  • backsliding,
  • paltering,
  • fraud,
  • indecision,
  • Palinode,
  • Archtraitor,
  • lying,
  • forswearing,
  • hedging,
  • turnaround,
  • forsaking,
  • failure,
  • weasel word,
  • deficiency,
  • nitpicking,
  • waiver,
  • retreat,
  • truant,
  • deserted,
  • quibble,
  • turnabout,
  • disaffection,
  • parting,
  • revolt,
  • tergiversating,
  • fall,
  • Recreance,
  • knavery,
  • shift,
  • fluctuation,
  • lie,
  • avoidance,
  • wavering,
  • treason,
  • second thoughts,
  • sophistry,
  • flip-flop,
  • deterioration,
  • alienation,
  • cover up,
  • uncertainty,
  • cheating,
  • double-entendre,
  • terminological inexactitude,
  • shuffling,
  • dereliction,
  • misrepresentation,
  • conspirator,
  • caviling,
  • shuffle,
  • reverse,
  • Boggling,
  • squealer,
  • Mugwumpery,
  • serpent,
  • spuriousness,
  • indecisiveness,
  • state's evidence,
  • recantation,
  • hedge,
  • disloyalty,
  • quibbling routine,
  • Equivoque,
  • treachery,
  • equivocation,
  • changeableness,
  • dissimulation,
  • intrigue,
  • double meaning,
  • euphemism,
  • cop out,
  • song and dance,
  • severance,
  • servility,
  • stall,
  • falsehood,
  • Shilly-shally,
  • recidivism,
  • reversal,
  • separation,
  • trickery,
  • Parrying,
  • disclaimer,
  • analogy,
  • Double dealing,
  • dodging,
  • deception,
  • speciousness,
  • change of mind,
  • clear,
  • retraction,
  • pussyfooting,
  • circumlocution,
  • renunciation,
  • above,
  • waffle,
  • elusion,
  • cover,
  • traitor,
  • trust,
  • shifting,
  • abjuration,
  • revocation,
  • reptile,
  • about-face,
  • deceit,
  • hairsplitting,
  • abnegation,
  • con,
  • deceptiveness,
  • inconstancy.

Antonyms for Tergiversation:

• n.

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