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Prevarication

Noun
Word Frequency: 0.1

Definitions

1.NounEvasion of the truth.
"Prevarication became the order of the day in his government while truth was a stranger in those halls."
2.NounDeviation from what is right or correct.
3.NounA secret abuse in the exercise of a public office.
4.NounThe collusion of an informer with the defendant, for the purpose of making a sham prosecution.
5.NounA false or deceitful seeming to undertake a thing for the purpose of defeating or destroying it.

Synonyms

evasivenesslyingequivocationliefabricationdeceptiondeceitfuldeceitcheatingdelusionabusemaladministration

Rhymes With

trepidationindignationexhilarationvenerationelationcondemnationgratificationinclination
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