noun
- the act of speaking evasively or misleadingly; deliberate avoidance of the truth
Usage: formal
Examples
- The politician’s prevarication during the interview frustrated the reporters.
- His constant prevarication made it impossible to trust anything he said.
- The witness was accused of prevarication when her story kept changing.
- Rather than admit his mistake, he resorted to prevarication.
- The lawyer’s prevarication only made the jury more suspicious.
- Her prevarication about where she had been raised doubts among her friends.