Meaning of PREVARICATION
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- [n] the deliberate act of deviating from the truth
- [n] intentionally vague or ambiguous
- [n] a statement that deviates from or perverts the truth
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| | Synonyms: | | equivocation, evasiveness, fabrication, lie, lying |
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| | See Also: | | ambiguity, equivocalness, false statement, falsehood, falsification, falsity, fib, fibbing, jactitation, misrepresentaation, paltering, story, tale, taradiddle, tarradiddle, untruth, untruthfulness, white lie, whopper | |
| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | \Pre*var`i*ca"tion\, n. [L. praevaricatio: cf. F.
pr['e]varication.]
1. The act of prevaricating, shuffling, or quibbling, to
evade the truth or the disclosure of truth; a deviation
from the truth and fair dealing.
The august tribunal of the skies, where no
prevarication shall avail. --Cowper.
2. A secret abuse in the exercise of a public office.
3. (Law)
(a) (Roman Law) The collusion of an informer with the
defendant, for the purpose of making a sham
prosecution.
(b) (Common Law) A false or deceitful seeming to undertake
a thing for the purpose of defeating or destroying it.
--Cowell.
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