tergiversatio

tergĭversātĭo, ōnis, f. [tergiversor],

a declining , refusing; a shift , subterfuge , tergiversation : quid ergo erat morae et ter giversationis, Cic. Mil. 20, 54: tergiversationem istam probo, id. Att. 10, 7, 1; Auct B Afr 8, 4.—In plur., Front. Aquaed. 5.