tergiversate

Meanings

Verb

be deliberately ambiguous or unclear in order to mislead or withhold information
abandon one's beliefs or allegiances
To evade, to equivocate using subterfuge; to obfuscate in a deliberate manner.
To change sides or affiliation; to apostatize.
To flee by turning one's back.

Origin / Etymology

Borrowed from Latin tergiversātus, perfect active participle of tergiversor (“to evade, to avoid, to turn one's back on”) (see -ate (verb-forming suffix)), from tergum (“back, hind”) + versor (“to turn”). Compare French tergiverser.

Synonyms

apostatise, apostatize, beat around the bush, desert, equivocate, palter, prevaricate

Scrabble Score: 16

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Words With Friends Score: 18

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