Akademik

prevarication

noun

1. intentionally vague or ambiguous

• Syn: ↑equivocation, ↑evasiveness

• Derivationally related forms: ↑evasive (for: ↑evasiveness), ↑prevaricate, ↑equivocate (for: ↑equivocation)

• Hypernyms: ↑untruthfulness, ↑ambiguity, ↑equivocalness

2. the deliberate act of deviating from the truth

• Syn: ↑lying, ↑fabrication

• Derivationally related forms: ↑fabricate (for: ↑fabrication), ↑prevaricate, ↑lie (for: ↑lying)

• Hypernyms: ↑falsification, ↑misrepresentation

• Hyponyms: ↑fibbing, ↑paltering

3. a statement that deviates from or perverts the truth

• Syn: ↑lie

• Derivationally related forms: ↑prevaricate, ↑lie (for: ↑lie)

• Hypernyms: ↑falsehood, ↑falsity, ↑untruth

• Hyponyms:

↑fib, ↑story, ↑tale, ↑tarradiddle, ↑taradiddle, ↑jactitation, ↑whopper, ↑walloper, ↑white lie

Useful english dictionary. 2012.