Definition of cavil

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Cavil (v. i.) To raise captious and frivolous objections; to find fault without good reason.

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Cavil :: Cavil (v. t.) To cavil at.
Chicane :: Chicane (n.) To use shifts, cavils, or artifices..
Difficulty :: Difficulty (n.) A controversy; a falling out; a disagreement; an objection; a cavil.
Vitilitigate :: Vitilitigate (v. i.) To contend in law litigiously or cavilously.
Vitilitigation :: Vitilitigation (n.) Cavilous litigation; cavillation.
Cavillation :: Cavillation (n.) Frivolous or sophistical objection.
Caviled :: Caviled (imp. & p. p.) of Cavi.
Exception :: Exception (n.) An objection; cavil; dissent; disapprobation; offense; cause of offense; -- usually followed by to or against.
Argutation :: Argutation (n.) Caviling; subtle disputation.
Carping :: Carping (a.) Fault-finding; censorious caviling. See Captious.
Quarrel :: Quarrel (v. i.) To find fault; to cavil; as, to quarrel with one's lot..
Findfault :: Findfault (n.) A censurer or caviler.
Word-catcher :: Word-catcher (n.) One who cavils at words.
Cavil :: Cavil (n.) A captious or frivolous objection.
Caviler :: Caviler (n.) Alt. of Caville.
Cavilling :: Cavilling () of Cavi.
Quibble :: Quibble (v. i.) To evade the point in question by artifice, play upon words, caviling, or by raising any insignificant or impertinent question or point; to trifle in argument or discourse; to equivocate..
Chicane :: Chicane (n.) The use of artful subterfuge, designed to draw away attention from the merits of a case or question; -- specifically applied to legal proceedings; trickery; chicanery; caviling; sophistry..
Quiddity :: Quiddity (n.) A trifling nicety; a cavil; a quibble.
Cavilingly :: Cavilingly (adv.) In a caviling manner.
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