Pronunciations (2)
-
/pɹɪˌvæɹ.ɪˈkeɪ.ʃən/
-
/pɹɪˌvæɹ.əˈkeɪ.ʃən/
Noun
Evasion of the truth.
Usage- Countable
- Uncountable
- Synonyms
- Examples
-
Prevarication became the order of the day in his government while truth was a stranger in those halls.
More examples (3)
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, […]
The prevarication and white lies which a mind that keeps itself ambitiously pure is as uneasy under as a great artist under the false touches that no eye detects but his own, are worn as lightly as mere trimmings when once the actions have become a lie.
Mr Rajoy frustrates many with his prevarication over a fresh euro-zone bail-out, which now comes with a conditional promise from the European Central Bank (ECB) to help bring down Spain’s stifling borrowing costs.
Deviation from what is right or correct.
Usage- Archaic
- Countable
- Uncountable
- Synonyms
A secret abuse in the exercise of a public office.
Usage- Countable
- Uncountable
The collusion of an informer with the defendant, for the purpose of making a sham prosecution.
Usage- Ancient-Rome
- Countable
- Historical
- Uncountable
A false or deceitful seeming to undertake a thing for the purpose of defeating or destroying it.
Usage- Countable
- Uncountable
- Examples
-
If it shall appeare, that they haue forfeited their Faith, or wronged their Client by preuarication.
Noun
a statement that deviates from or perverts the truth
- Synonyms
intentionally vague or ambiguous
- Synonyms
- Broader terms
the deliberate act of deviating from the truth
- Synonyms
- Broader terms