prevarication

  1. Noun.  (context, now) Deviation from what is right or correct; transgression, perversion.
  2. Noun.  Evasion of the truth; deceit, evasiveness.
  3. Noun.  Evasiveness as a means of playing for time; procrastination, hesitancy.

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