prevarication
/pɹɪˌvæɹ.ɪˈkeɪ.ʃən/
prevarication noun: evasion of the truth.
Noun
prevarication (countable and uncountable, plural prevarications)
- Evasion of the truth.
- Prevarication became the order of the day in his government while truth was a stranger in those halls.
- The trumpet—vvill it ſound? the curtain riſe? And ſhow th' auguſt tribunal of the ſkies, / VVhere no prevarication ſhall avail, / VVhere eloquence and artifice ſhall fail, […]1782, William Cowper, “Retirement”, in Poems, London: […] J[oseph] Johnson, […], →OCLC, page 291
- Synonyms:
- deceit, evasiveness
- Deviation from what is right or correct.
- Synonyms:
- transgression, perversion
- A secret abuse in the exercise of a public office.
- The collusion of an informer with the defendant, for the purpose of making a sham prosecution.
- A false or deceitful seeming to undertake a thing for the purpose of defeating or destroying it.
- If it shall appeare, that they haue forfeited their Faith, or wronged their Client by preuarication.1628, Robert Le Grys, Argenis, translation of original by John Barclay
prevarication meaning in Hindi, Tamil and Urdu
prevarication in Hindi
- prevarication, excuse
- टालमटोल ṭālmaṭol
prevarication in Tamil
- புரட்டு, ஏமாற்றுப்பேச்சு, திருகு, உண்மைப்பேதகம், மெய்யை மறைக்கை
prevarication in Urdu
- حیلہ بازی, ٹال مٹول
Synonyms of prevarication
Forms of prevarication
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Origin of prevarication
Borrowed from Latin praevāricātiō (“collusion with an opponent; duplicity, deceit; violation of duty, transgression”, literally “stepping out of line”), from praevāricor (“to walk crookedly; go astray; transgress”) + -tās. The virtually obsolete sense of deviation or transgression may have been influenced by an earlier stage of borrowing via Middle English prevaricacioun, prevaricacion (“deviation from the law; transgression”) from Anglo-Norman prevaricaciun (“transgression, violation of correct conduct”).
Words that rhyme with prevarication
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- constellation
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- deviation
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- retardation
- speculation
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- bifurcation
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- expectation
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- observation
- population
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- reconciliation
- rotation
- separation
- situation
- vexation
- vindication
- accumulation
- administration
- aggregation
- appropriation
Questions about prevarication
- What does prevarication mean?
- Prevarication means evasion of the truth.
- What is prevarication in Hindi?
- Prevarication in Hindi is टालमटोल (ṭālmaṭol). See Prevarication meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is prevarication?
- Prevarication is a noun.
- How do you pronounce prevarication?
- Prevarication is pronounced /pɹɪˌvæɹ.ɪˈkeɪ.ʃən/.
- What is the plural of prevarication?
- The plural of prevarication is prevarications.
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Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: prevarication (page history and authors); टालमटोल (Hindi) (page history and authors); prevarication (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); prevarication (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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