1. v. abandon one’’s beliefs or allegiances (view details)
2. v. be deliberately ambiguous or unclear in order to mislead or withhold information (view details)

Meaning 1: (verb) abandon one’’s beliefs or allegiances
Synonym(s): apostatise ( what does apostatise stand for? ), apostatize ( what does apostatize stand for? )
tergiversate is derived from: apostasy ( what does apostasy stand for? ), apostate ( what does apostate stand for? ), deserter ( what does deserter stand for? ), ratter ( what does ratter stand for? ), recreant ( what does recreant stand for? ), renegade ( what does renegade stand for? ), tergiversation ( what does tergiversation stand for? ), turncoat ( what does turncoat stand for? )

Meaning 2: (verb) be deliberately ambiguous or unclear in order to mislead or withhold information
Synonym(s): beat around the bush ( what does beat around the bush stand for? ), equivocate ( what does equivocate stand for? ), palter ( what does palter stand for? ), prevaricate ( what does prevaricate stand for? )
tergiversate is derived from: equivocation ( what does equivocation stand for? ), equivocator ( what does equivocator stand for? ), evasion ( what does evasion stand for? ), evasiveness ( what does evasiveness stand for? ), fabrication ( what does fabrication stand for? ), fibbing ( what does fibbing stand for? ), hedger ( what does hedger stand for? ), liar ( what does liar stand for? ), lie ( what does lie stand for? ), lying ( what does lying stand for? ), paltering ( what does paltering stand for? ), prevarication ( what does prevarication stand for? ), prevaricator ( what does prevaricator stand for? ), tergiversation

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