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