tergiversation
Roget category 607
5. Words relating to the voluntary powers› 5.1. Volition in general
›› 5.1.1. Acts of volition
#607.
Tergiversation
noun
change of mind,
change of intention,
change of purpose —
afterthought.
tergiversation,
recantation —
palinode,
palinody† —
renunciation —
abjuration†,
abjurement —
defection
etc.
(relinquishment)
624 —
going over
etc.
v. —
apostasy —
retraction,
retractation† —
withdrawal —
disavowal
etc.
(negation)
536 —
revocation,
revokement† —
reversal —
repentance
etc.
950 —
redintegratio amoris [Lat.].
coquetry —
vacillation
etc.
605 —
backsliding —
volte-face [Fr.].
turn coat,
turn tippet† —
rat,
apostate,
renegade —
convert,
pervert —
proselyte,
deserter —
backslider —
blackleg,
crawfish [U.S.],
scab [Slang],
mugwump [U.S.],
recidivist.
time server,
time pleaser† —
timist†,
Vicar of Bray,
trimmer,
ambidexter† —
weathercock
etc.
(changeable)
149 —
Janus.
verb
change one's mind,
change one's intention,
change one's purpose,
change one's note —
abjure,
renounce —
withdraw from
etc.
(relinquish)
624 —
waver,
vacillate —
wheel round,
turn round,
veer round —
turn a pirouette —
go over from one side to another,
pass from one side to another,
change from one side to another,
skip from one side to another —
go to the rightabout —
box the compass,
shift one's ground,
go upon another tack.
apostatize,
change sides,
go over,
rat —
recant,
retract —
revoke —
rescind
etc.
(abrogate)
756 —
recall —
forswear,
unsay —
come over,
come round to an opinion —
crawfish [U.S.],
crawl [U.S.].
draw in one's horns,
eat one's words —
eat the leek,
swallow the leek —
swerve,
flinch,
back out of,
retrace one's steps,
think better of it —
come back return to one's first love —
turn over a new leaf
etc.
(repent)
950.
trim,
shuffle,
play fast and loose,
blow hot and cold,
coquet,
be on the fence,
straddle,
bold with the hare but run with the hounds —
nager entre deux eaux [Fr.] —
wait to see how the cat jumps,
wait to see how the wind blows.
adjective
changeful
etc.
149 —
irresolute
etc.
605 —
ductile,
slippery as an eel,
trimming,
ambidextrous,
timeserving† —
coquetting
etc.
v..
revocatory†,
reactionary.
phrase
a change came o'er the spirit of my dream"
[Byron].
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