prevarication
the act of prevaricating, or lying: Seeing the expression on his mother's face, Nathan realized this was no time for prevarication.
a false or deliberate misstatement; lie: Her many prevarications had apparently paid off; she was free to go.
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How to use prevarication in a sentence
I concealed the name of my boat from her, and made a calculated prevarication when I announced my presence in London.
The New Machiavelli | Herbert George WellsThere was no prevarication or difficulty with the only witness examined.
Memoirs of the Court of George IV. 1820-1830 (Vol 1) | Duke of Buckingham and ChandosHe had by a violent effort recovered his equanimity, and said,—'prevarication or denial I suppose to be useless.
I am ashamed of the prevarication; his heart certainly was broken, but his own hand assisted the slower operations of nature.
Bentley's Miscellany, Volume II | VariousOne nation robs another—that other demands reparation—prevarication is the reply.
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