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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Hafter :: Hafter (n.) A caviler; a wrangler.
Difficulty :: Difficulty (n.) A controversy; a falling out; a disagreement; an objection; a cavil.
Fallax :: Fallax (n.) Cavillation; a caviling.
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..
Cavil :: Cavil (n.) A captious or frivolous objection.
Cavil :: Cavil (v. i.) To raise captious and frivolous objections; to find fault without good reason.
Cavillation :: Cavillation (n.) Frivolous or sophistical objection.
Caviller :: Caviller (n.) One who cavils.
Captious :: Captious (a.) Apt to catch at faults; disposed to find fault or to cavil; eager to object; difficult to please.
Cavillous :: Cavillous (a.) Characterized by caviling, or disposed to cavil; quibbing..
Cavilingly :: Cavilingly (adv.) In a caviling manner.
Quibbler :: Quibbler (n.) One who quibbles; a caviler; also, a punster..
Quiddity :: Quiddity (n.) A trifling nicety; a cavil; a quibble.
Caviling :: Caviling (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Cavi.
Argutation :: Argutation (n.) Caviling; subtle disputation.
Findfaulting :: Findfaulting (a.) Apt to censure or cavil; faultfinding; captious.
Quibble :: Quibble (n.) A shift or turn from the point in question; a trifling or evasive distinction; an evasion; a cavil.
Vitilitigation :: Vitilitigation (n.) Cavilous litigation; cavillation.
Caption :: Caption (n.) A caviling; a sophism.
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