tergiversationn.

/ˌtəːdʒɪvəˈseɪʃən/

Etymology: < Latin tergiversātiōn-em, noun of action < tergiversārī : see tergiversate v. and -ation suffix.

a. The action of ‘turning one's back on’, i.e. forsaking, something in which one was previously engaged, interested, or concerned; desertion or abandonment of a cause, party, etc.; apostasy, renegation. Also with a and plural, an instance of this; an act of desertion or apostasy.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > will > decision > irresolution or vacillation > reversal of or forsaking one's will or purpose > [noun] > desertion of one's party or principles

recreandisea1425

declining1526

declination1533

back-turning1535

defect1540

revoltc1576

falling off1577

apostasy1578

tergiversation1583

declension1597

recreancy1602

starting1602

recreantness1611

recession1614

turncoating1624

recreancea1632

diffidation1640

withdrawment1640

tergiversating1654

turning1665

ratting1789

renegadism1823

turncoatery1841

defection1884

turncoatism1889

1583 P. Stubbes Second Pt. Anat. Abuses sig. N4^v Their tergiuersation and backsliding from their duties.

1618 G. Mynshul Ess. Prison Ep. Ded. I haue now put my name to my Book (without tergiuersation or turne coating the letters).

a1631 J. Donne Serm. (1959) V. 233 No tergiversation nor abandoning the noble worke which he had begunne.

1721 N. Amhurst Terræ-filius (1754) Pref. 16 It will be very unreasonable for them to..charge their own fickleness upon those, who..will not join with them in their new counsels and tergiversations.

1878 W. Stubbs Constit. Hist. (ed. 2) III. xviii. 187 If betrayal or tergiversation is to be imputed to any.

†b. Refusal to obey; recusance. Obsolete. rare.

ΘΚΠ

society > authority > lack of subjection > [noun] > disobedience

unhersomenesseOE

inobediencec1230

unobeisancea1382

inobeisance1382

unobediencec1384

disobeisance1393

disobedience?a1400

non-obeisance1447

non-observance1453

inobediency?a1475

disobediency1580

non-obedience1582

recusancy1597

tergiversation1676

1676 J. Owen Brief Instr. Worship of God 114 All tergiversation and backwardness in persons duly qualified and called.

a1740 D. Waterland Serm. Matt. xxvi. 41 in Wks. (1823) IX. 126 Jonas the Prophet discovered the like tergiversation and backwardness as to the errand he was sent upon to the Ninevites.

2. Turning in a dishonourable manner from straightforward action or statement; shifting, shuffling, equivocation, prevarication. Also with a and plural, an instance of this; an evasion, a subterfuge.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > deceit, deception, trickery > evasive deception, shiftiness > [noun]

tergiversation1570

evasiona1616

slipperiness1656

lubricity1792

shiftiness1839

phenakisma1863

evasiveness1863

pussy-footedness1917

the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > deceit, deception, trickery > evasive deception, shiftiness > [noun] > an evasion, subterfuge

evasionc1425

shift1545

subterfuge1563

tergiversation1570

amusement1603

shuffle1628

subterfugy1637

salvo1665

jank1705

fudge1797

shiffle-shufflea1871

1570 J. Foxe Actes & Monumentes (rev. ed.) II. 1505/1 For all hys crafty cauteles and tergiuersations alledged out of the lawe.

1660 H. More Explan. Grand Myst. Godliness vii. vii. 304 For the preventing of all Cavils and Tergiversations.

1760 J. Jortin Life Erasmus II. 265 Here is a little tergiversation, and Erasmus seems to retract what he had advanced in many places.

1821 W. Scott Kenilworth III. x. 194 The duplicity and tergiversation of which he had been guilty.

1871 G. Meredith Harry Richmond II. xvii. 227 Applying to friends to fortify him in his shifts and tergiversations.

†a. The literal turning of the back. rare.

ΘΚΠ

the world > space > direction > specific directions > [noun] > turning backwards > turning one's back

tergiversation1660

1660 F. Brooke tr. V. Le Blanc World Surveyed 200 He holds a stately gravity, allowing audience to none but on the knee, nor tergiversation in retiring.

b. The turning of the back for flight; flight, retreat (literal and figurative). ? Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > going away > [noun] > flight or running away

flemeOE

flightc1175

fuge1436

fuite1499

fleec1560

fugacyc1600

tergiversationa1652

runaway1720

run1799

fugitation1823

skedaddling1863

skedaddle1870

lam1897

run-out1928

a1652 J. Smith Select Disc. (1660) x. iii. 467 Wicked men..seek to avoid the dreadfull sentence of their own Consciences, by a tergiversation and flying from themselves.

1655 H. L'Estrange Reign King Charles 17 The Captain Governour of the Castle viewing the tergiversation and flight of his party.

1660 R. Burney Κέρδιστον Δῶρον 129 The fear of the Lord is to hate evil. Evil has a tergiversation from holy fear.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1911; most recently modified version published online March 2019).

单词	tergiversation
释义	tergiversationn. /ˌtəːdʒɪvəˈseɪʃən/ Etymology: < Latin tergiversātiōn-em, noun of action < tergiversārī : see tergiversate v. and -ation suffix. 1. a. The action of ‘turning one's back on’, i.e. forsaking, something in which one was previously engaged, interested, or concerned; desertion or abandonment of a cause, party, etc.; apostasy, renegation. Also with a and plural, an instance of this; an act of desertion or apostasy. ΘΚΠ the mind > will > decision > irresolution or vacillation > reversal of or forsaking one's will or purpose > [noun] > desertion of one's party or principles recreandisea1425 declining1526 declination1533 back-turning1535 defect1540 revoltc1576 falling off1577 apostasy1578 tergiversation1583 declension1597 recreancy1602 starting1602 recreantness1611 recession1614 turncoating1624 recreancea1632 diffidation1640 withdrawment1640 tergiversating1654 turning1665 ratting1789 renegadism1823 turncoatery1841 defection1884 turncoatism1889 1583 P. Stubbes Second Pt. Anat. Abuses sig. N4^v Their tergiuersation and backsliding from their duties. 1618 G. Mynshul Ess. Prison Ep. Ded. I haue now put my name to my Book (without tergiuersation or turne coating the letters). a1631 J. Donne Serm. (1959) V. 233 No tergiversation nor abandoning the noble worke which he had begunne. 1721 N. Amhurst Terræ-filius (1754) Pref. 16 It will be very unreasonable for them to..charge their own fickleness upon those, who..will not join with them in their new counsels and tergiversations. 1878 W. Stubbs Constit. Hist. (ed. 2) III. xviii. 187 If betrayal or tergiversation is to be imputed to any. †b. Refusal to obey; recusance. Obsolete. rare. ΘΚΠ society > authority > lack of subjection > [noun] > disobedience unhersomenesseOE inobediencec1230 unobeisancea1382 inobeisance1382 unobediencec1384 disobeisance1393 disobedience?a1400 non-obeisance1447 non-observance1453 inobediency?a1475 disobediency1580 non-obedience1582 recusancy1597 tergiversation1676 1676 J. Owen Brief Instr. Worship of God 114 All tergiversation and backwardness in persons duly qualified and called. a1740 D. Waterland Serm. Matt. xxvi. 41 in Wks. (1823) IX. 126 Jonas the Prophet discovered the like tergiversation and backwardness as to the errand he was sent upon to the Ninevites. 2. Turning in a dishonourable manner from straightforward action or statement; shifting, shuffling, equivocation, prevarication. Also with a and plural, an instance of this; an evasion, a subterfuge. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > deceit, deception, trickery > evasive deception, shiftiness > [noun] tergiversation1570 evasiona1616 slipperiness1656 lubricity1792 shiftiness1839 phenakisma1863 evasiveness1863 pussy-footedness1917 the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > deceit, deception, trickery > evasive deception, shiftiness > [noun] > an evasion, subterfuge evasionc1425 shift1545 subterfuge1563 tergiversation1570 amusement1603 shuffle1628 subterfugy1637 salvo1665 jank1705 fudge1797 shiffle-shufflea1871 1570 J. Foxe Actes & Monumentes (rev. ed.) II. 1505/1 For all hys crafty cauteles and tergiuersations alledged out of the lawe. 1660 H. More Explan. Grand Myst. Godliness vii. vii. 304 For the preventing of all Cavils and Tergiversations. 1760 J. Jortin Life Erasmus II. 265 Here is a little tergiversation, and Erasmus seems to retract what he had advanced in many places. 1821 W. Scott Kenilworth III. x. 194 The duplicity and tergiversation of which he had been guilty. 1871 G. Meredith Harry Richmond II. xvii. 227 Applying to friends to fortify him in his shifts and tergiversations. 3. †a. The literal turning of the back. rare. ΘΚΠ the world > space > direction > specific directions > [noun] > turning backwards > turning one's back tergiversation1660 1660 F. Brooke tr. V. Le Blanc World Surveyed 200 He holds a stately gravity, allowing audience to none but on the knee, nor tergiversation in retiring. b. The turning of the back for flight; flight, retreat (literal and figurative). ? Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > going away > [noun] > flight or running away flemeOE flightc1175 fuge1436 fuite1499 fleec1560 fugacyc1600 tergiversationa1652 runaway1720 run1799 fugitation1823 skedaddling1863 skedaddle1870 lam1897 run-out1928 a1652 J. Smith Select Disc. (1660) x. iii. 467 Wicked men..seek to avoid the dreadfull sentence of their own Consciences, by a tergiversation and flying from themselves. 1655 H. L'Estrange Reign King Charles 17 The Captain Governour of the Castle viewing the tergiversation and flight of his party. 1660 R. Burney Κέρδιστον Δῶρον 129 The fear of the Lord is to hate evil. Evil has a tergiversation from holy fear. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1911; most recently modified version published online March 2019). < n.1570
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