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the mind > mental capacity > understanding > reason, faculty of reasoning > misleading argument, sophistry > excessive subtlety, hair-splitting > frivolous, captious objection > [noun] > instance of (7)
cavillation1532

= cavil, n. 1. archaic.

cavil1570

A captious, quibbling, or frivolous objection.

brabble1581

A quibble, a captious objection or dispute.

caption1605

The action of cavilling or taking exception; an objection or cavil; fallacious or captious argument; a quibble, sophism. (Latin captio.)

snatcha1616

A quibble; a captious argument. Obsolete.

chicane1639

A quibble or captious objection, esp. one used to further one's interests or aims; a dishonest trick; an act of deception. Cf. chicanery, n. 3.

chicanery1683

A dishonest trick; an act of deception; a petty quibble.

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