tergiversate

English - Turkish

Definition of tergiversate in English Turkish dictionary: dönmek; din/parti değiştirmek; din değiştirmek; {f} parti değiştirmek; {f} kaçamaklı konuşmak
tergiversation: döneklik
tergiversation: değişkenlik
tergiversation: {i} lâfı çevirme
tergiversation: {i} kaçamaklı söz
tergiversation: {i} din değiştirme

English - English

Definition of tergiversate in English English dictionary: To change sides or affiliation; to apostatize; To evade, to equivocate using subterfuge; to deliberately obfuscate; To change sides and abandon a cause, often religious; be deliberately ambiguous or unclear in order to mislead or withhold information; abandon one's beliefs or allegiances; To shift; to practice evasion; to use subterfuges; to shuffle
tergiversation: The act of turning one's back; abandoning something or someone; betrayal
tergiversation: {n} a shift, fetch, evasion, excuse
tergiversation: The act of tergiversating; a shifting; shift; subterfuge; evasion
tergiversation: the act of turning from a clear course of action; equivocation; fickleness
tergiversation: {i} frequent change of opinion; desertion, evacuation, abandonment
tergiversation: Fickleness of conduct; inconstancy; change
tergiversation: the act of turning ones back; abandoning something or someone; betrayal

tergiversate

Hyphenation

ter·gi·ver·sate

() From Latin tergiversor (“turn one's back, make excuses”); from tergum (“the back”) + versō, frequentive of vertō (“turn”).

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