Ter`gi*ver*sa"tion (?), n. [L. tergiversario: cf. F. tergiversation.] 1. The act of tergiversating; a shifting; shift; subterfuge; evasion.
Writing is to be preferred before verbal conferences, as being freer from passions and tergiversations.
2. Fickleness of conduct; inconstancy; change.
The colonel, after all his tergiversations, lost his life in the king's service.