tergiversation

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noun

Plural noun:

tergiversations

1.
(countable, uncountable)The act of abandoning something or someone, of changing sides; desertion; betrayal.
Đồng nghĩa: perfidy, prodition, betrayal, breach of promise, breach of trust, double-dealing, Judas kiss, perfidiousness, perfidy, prodition, Punic faith, stab in the back, swike, tergiversation, traitory, treacherousness, treachery, treason
2.
(countable, uncountable)The act of evading any clear course of action or speech, of being deliberately ambiguous; equivocation; fickleness.

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perfidy prodition betrayalbreach of promisebreach of trustdouble-dealingJudas kissperfidiousnessPunic faithstab in the backswiketraitory treacherousness treachery treason

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tergiversate

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From Latin tergiversātiō, from tergiversārī (to turn one's back, to evade, to avoid) + -tiō (-tion: forming abstract nouns). Equivalent to tergiversate + -ion.