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cavillation (iou)



cavillation noun. LME.
[Old & mod. French from Latin cavillatio(n-), from cavillat- pa. ppl stem of cavillari: see CAVIL, -ATION.]
The use of legal quibbles; a legal quibble; chicanery, overreaching sophistry. LME-M17.
gen. The action of cavilling; a cavil. M16.