tergiversate

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verb

1. abandon one's beliefs or allegiances
• Syn:
apostatize, apostatise
• Derivationally related forms:
tergiversation, apostate (for: apostatise), apostate (for: apostatize)
• Hypernyms:
disown, renounce, repudiate
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something
2. be deliberately ambiguous or unclear in order to mislead or withhold information
• Syn:
beat around the bush, equivocate, prevaricate, palter
• Derivationally related forms:
paltering (for: palter), prevarication (for: prevaricate), prevaricator (for: prevaricate), tergiversation, equivocation (for: equivocate), equivocator (for: equivocate)
• Hypernyms:
misinform, mislead
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s
- Somebody ----s PP

• Từ đồng nghĩa / Synonyms:
  apostatize, apostatise, beat around the bush, equivocate, prevaricate, palter