\Ter`gi*ver*sa"tion\, n. [L. tergiversario: cf.
F. tergiversation.]
1. The act of tergiversating; a shifting; shift; subterfuge;
   evasion.
         Writing is to be preferred before verbal
         conferences, as being freer from passions and
         tergiversations.                      --Abp.
                                               Bramhall.
2. Fickleness of conduct; inconstancy; change.
         The colonel, after all his tergiversations, lost his
         life in the king's service.           --Clarendon.