Roget's Thesaurus#607. TergiversationNounschange of mind, change of intention, change of purpose; afterthought. tergiversation, recantation; palinode, palinody; renunciation; abjuration, abjurement; defection etc. (relinquishment) 624; going over etc. v.; apostasy; retraction, retractation; withdrawal; disavowal etc. (negation) 536; revocation, revokement; reversal; repentance etc. 950; redintegratio amoris [Lat.]. coquetry; vacillation etc. 605; backsliding; volte-face [Fr.]. turn coat, turn tippet; rat, apostate, renegade; convert, pervert; proselyte, deserter; backslider; blackleg, crawfish [U.S.], scab [Slang], mugwump [U.S.], recidivist. time server, time pleaser; timist, Vicar of Bray, trimmer, ambidexter; weathercock etc. (changeable) 149; Janus. Verbschange one's mind, change one's intention, change one's purpose, change one's note; abjure, renounce; withdraw from etc. (relinquish) 624; waver, vacillate; wheel round, turn round, veer round; turn a pirouette; go over from one side to another, pass from one side to another, change from one side to another, skip from one side to another; go to the rightabout; box the compass, shift one's ground, go upon another tack. apostatize, change sides, go over, rat; recant, retract; revoke; rescind etc. (abrogate) 756; recall; forswear, unsay; come over, come round to an opinion; crawfish [U.S.], crawl [U.S.]. draw in one's horns, eat one's words; eat the leek, swallow the leek; swerve, flinch, back out of, retrace one's steps, think better of it; come back, return to one's first love; turn over a new leaf etc. (repent) 950. trim, shuffle, play fast and loose, blow hot and cold, coquet, be on the fence, straddle, bold with the hare but run with the hounds; nager entre deux eaux [Fr.]; wait to see how the cat jumps, wait to see how the wind blows. Adjectiveschangeful etc. 149; irresolute etc. 605; ductile, slippery as an eel, trimming, ambidextrous, timeserving; coquetting etc. v.. revocatory, reactionary. Phrasesa change came o'er the spirit of my dream [Byron]. |