prevarication as a noun: - 1
- 2
- 3
prevarication
noun
1 prevarication
A statement that deviates from or perverts the truth.
synonym: lie.
Polish: kłamstwo, łgarstwo, kłam
2 prevarication
3 prevarication
The deliberate act of deviating from the truth.
synonyms: fabrication, lying.
Roget 544:
falsehood,
falseness;
falsity,
falsification;
deception
etc.
545;
untruth
etc.
546;
guile;
lying
etc.
454;
untruth
etc.
546;
guile;
lying
etc.
v..
misrepresentation;
mendacity,
perjury,
false swearing;
forgery,
invention,
fabrication;
subreption†;
covin†.
perversion of truth,
suppression of truth;
suppressio veri [Lat.];
perversion,
distortion,
false coloring;
exaggeration
etc.
549;
prevarication,
equivocation,
shuffling,
fencing,
evasion,
fraud;
suggestio falsi
etc.
(lie)
546 [Lat.];
mystification
etc.
(concealment)
528;
simulation
etc.
(imitation)
19;
dissimulation,
dissembling;
deceit;
blague†.
sham;
pretense,
pretending,
malingering.
lip homage,
lip service;
mouth honor;
hollowness;
mere show,
mere outside;
duplicity,
double dealing,
insincerity,
hypocrisy,
cant,
humbug;
jesuitism,
jesuitry;
pharisaism;
Machiavelism,
organized hypocrisy;"
crocodile tears,
mealy-mouthedness†,
quackery;
charlatanism†,
charlatanry;
gammon;
bun-kum†,
bumcombe,
flam;
bam [Slang],
flimflam,
cajolery,
flattery;
Judas kiss;
perfidy
etc.
(bad faith)
940;
il volto sciolto i pensieri stretti [It].
unfairness
etc.
(dishonesty)
940;
artfulness
etc.
(cunning)
702;
misstatement
etc.
(error)
495.
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Polish: bujanie, kłamanie, łganie
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