1. A statement that deviates from or perverts the truth
   - lie 
2. Intentionally vague or ambiguous
   - equivocation, evasiveness 
3. The deliberate act of deviating from the truth
   - lying, fabrication

Derived forms: prevarications

See also: prevaricate

Type of: ambiguity, equivocalness, falsehood, falsification, falsity, misrepresentation, untruth, untruthfulness

Encyclopedia: Prevarication

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