- (now rare) Deviation from what is right or correct; transgression, perversion.
- Evasion of the truth; deceit, evasiveness.
- Prevarication became the order of the day in his government while truth was a stranger in those halls.
- Evasiveness as a means of playing for time; procrastination, hesitancy.
Friday, May 18, 2012
prevarication
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