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cavil

/ cavil /
verb/noun

Definitions & Examples

verb Sense 1
raise trivial objections
Type of:
object
Derived:
carper niggler quibbler caviller caviler
Usage Patterns:
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s something with something
noun Sense 2
an evasion of the point of an argument by raising irrelevant distinctions or objections
Type of:
evasion equivocation
Derived:
carp chicane quibble
Semantic Complexity
54%
Sense Count
2
Total Synonyms
0
Total Relationships
11
Times Searched
3
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object evasion equivocation