Noun: prevarication pri,ver-u'key-shun [N. Amer], pri,va-ru'key-shun [Brit]
- Intentionally saying something false or misleading
"His constant prevarication eventually caught up with him when his stories contradicted each other";
- lying, fabrication
- The quality of being deliberately vague or ambiguous
"the author's elusiveness may at times be construed as prevarication";
- equivocation, evasiveness
- A statement that deviates from or perverts the truth
- lie[2]
Derived forms: prevarications
Type of: ambiguity, equivocalness, falsehood, falsification, falsity, misrepresentation, untruth, untruthfulness
Encyclopedia: Prevarication