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tergiversate

verbverified·updated Jun 3, 2026

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

Classifications

Cognitive

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Responsibility

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Automation

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Variants

synonym
apostatiseapostatizebeat around the bushequivocatepalterprevaricate
pasttense
tergiversated
presentparticiple
tergiversating
thirdpersonsingular
tergiversates
pastparticiple
tergiversated