Palter: alternatives and connections

To give untrue information to; to inform wrongly.

Open English WordNet identifies the related term as a broader lexical category for at least one sense.

To lead into a wrong way or path; to lead astray; to guide into error; to cause to mistake; to deceive.

Open English WordNet identifies the related term as a broader lexical category for at least one sense.

The act of tergiversating; a shifting; shift; subterfuge; evasion.

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The act of tergiversating; a shifting; shift; subterfuge; evasion.

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To use words of equivocal or doubtful signification; to express one's opinions in terms which admit of different senses, with intent to deceive; to u…

Open English WordNet places these words in at least one shared synset. They share a lexicalised sense, but context, register and collocation should still be checked before substitution.

To shift or turn from one side to the other, from the direct course, or from truth; to speak with equivocation; to shuffle; to quibble; as, he prevar…

Open English WordNet places these words in at least one shared synset. They share a lexicalised sense, but context, register and collocation should still be checked before substitution.

To shift; to practice evasion; to use subterfuges; to shuffle.

Open English WordNet places these words in at least one shared synset. They share a lexicalised sense, but context, register and collocation should still be checked before substitution.