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prevarication

 

  2  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Prevarication  \Pre*var`i*ca"tion\,  n.  [L.  praevaricatio:  cf  F. 
  pr['e]varication.] 
  1.  The  act  of  prevaricating,  shuffling,  or  quibbling,  to 
  evade  the  truth  or  the  disclosure  of  truth;  a  deviation 
  from  the  truth  and  fair  dealing. 
 
  The  august  tribunal  of  the  skies,  where  no 
  prevarication  shall  avail.  --Cowper. 
 
  2.  A  secret  abuse  in  the  exercise  of  a  public  office. 
 
  3.  (Law) 
  a  (Roman  Law)  The  collusion  of  an  informer  with  the 
  defendant,  for  the  purpose  of  making  a  sham 
  prosecution. 
  b  (Common  Law)  A  false  or  deceitful  seeming  to  undertake 
  a  thing  for  the  purpose  of  defeating  or  destroying  it 
  --Cowell. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  prevarication 
  n  1:  a  statement  that  deviates  from  or  perverts  the  truth  [syn:  {lie}] 
  2:  intentionally  vague  or  ambiguous  [syn:  {equivocation},  {evasiveness}] 
  3:  the  deliberate  act  of  deviating  from  the  truth  [syn:  {lying}, 
  {fabrication}]




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