| English noun: prevarication | 
| 1. | prevarication (communication) a statement that deviates from or perverts the truth | 
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 | Synonyms | lie | 
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 | Broader (hypernym) | falsehood, falsity, untruth | 
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 | Narrower (hyponym) | fib, jactitation, story, tale, taradiddle, tarradiddle, walloper, white lie, whopper | 
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| 2. | prevarication (attribute) intentionally vague or ambiguous | 
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 | Synonyms | equivocation, evasiveness | 
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 | Broader (hypernym) | ambiguity, equivocalness, untruthfulness | 
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| 3. | prevarication (act) the deliberate act of deviating from the truth | 
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 | Synonyms | fabrication, lying | 
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 | Broader (hypernym) | falsification, misrepresentation | 
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 | Narrower (hyponym) | fibbing, paltering | 
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