Tēr'gi-ver-sā'tion, n.

n. [Lat. tergiversatio, Fr. tergiversation, Sp. tergiversacion, It. tergiversazione.] 1. The act of tergiversating; a shifting; shift; subterfuge; evasion. Writing is to be preferred before verbal conferences, as being more free from passion and tergiversation. Bramhall. 2. Fickleness of conduct; change. The colonel, after all his tergiversation, lost his life in the king’s service. Clarendon.