Prevarication: alternatives and connections

The quality or state of being ambiguous; doubtfulness or uncertainty, particularly as to the signification of language, arising from its admitting of…

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The state of being equivocal.

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Want of truth or accuracy; an untrue assertion or representation; error; misrepresentation; falsity.

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The act of falsifying, or making false; a counterfeiting; the giving to a thing an appearance of something which it is not.

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The quality of being false; coutrariety or want of conformity to truth.

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Untrue representation; false or incorrect statement or account; -- usually unfavorable to the thing represented; as, a misrepresentation of a person'…

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The quality of being untrue; contrariety to truth; want of veracity; also, treachery; faithlessness; disloyalty.

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A falsehood; a lie; -- used euphemistically.

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of Fib

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Vain boasting or assertions repeated to the prejudice of another's right; false claim.

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of Palter

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A set of rooms on the same floor or level; a floor, or the space between two floors. Also, a horizontal division of a building's exterior considered…

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See Tael.

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Something uncommonly large of the kind; something astonishing; -- applied especially to a bold lie.

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Tending to evade, or marked by evasion; elusive; shuffling; avoiding by artifice.

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Tending to evade, or marked by evasion; elusive; shuffling; avoiding by artifice.

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See Lye.

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See Lye.

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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…

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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…

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The use of expressions susceptible of a double signification, with a purpose to mislead.

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The act of fabricating, framing, or constructing; construction; manufacture; as, the fabrication of a bridge, a church, or a government.

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See Lye.

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of Lie

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