Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun tergiversation

2 senses of tergiversation

Sense 1
equivocation, tergiversation -- (falsification by means of vague or ambiguous language)
       => falsification, misrepresentation -- (a willful perversion of facts)

Sense 2
apostasy, tergiversation -- (the act of abandoning a party for cause)
       => abandonment, forsaking, desertion -- (the act of giving something up)