prevarication : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: prevarication	by the DICT Development Group
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
prevarication n a statement that deviates from or perverts the truth [syn: lie, prevarication] intentionally vague or ambiguous Synonym(s): equivocation, prevarication, evasiveness the deliberate act of deviating from the truth Synonym(s): lying, prevarication, fabrication
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Prevarication \Prevar`ica"tion\, n. [L. praevaricatio: cf. F. pr[82]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.