Associations to the word «Tergiversation»

Wiktionary

TERGIVERSATION, noun. The act of abandoning something or someone, of changing sides; desertion; betrayal.
TERGIVERSATION, noun. The act of evading any clear course of action or speech, of being deliberately ambiguous; equivocation; fickleness.

Dictionary definition

TERGIVERSATION, noun. Falsification by means of vague or ambiguous language.
TERGIVERSATION, noun. The act of abandoning a party for cause.

Wise words

Since a politician never believes what he says, he is quite surprised to be taken at his word.
Charles de Gaulle