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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Findfaulting :: Findfaulting (a.) Apt to censure or cavil; faultfinding; captious.
Caviller :: Caviller (n.) One who cavils.
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..
Findfault :: Findfault (n.) A censurer or caviler.
Chicane :: Chicane (n.) To use shifts, cavils, or artifices..
Carping :: Carping (a.) Fault-finding; censorious caviling. See Captious.
Caviler :: Caviler (n.) Alt. of Caville.
Fallax :: Fallax (n.) Cavillation; a caviling.
Vitilitigate :: Vitilitigate (v. i.) To contend in law litigiously or cavilously.
Cavil :: Cavil (n.) A captious or frivolous objection.
Cavil :: Cavil (v. t.) To cavil at.
Cavilous :: Cavilous (a.) Alt. of Cavillou.
Critic :: Critic (n.) One who passes a rigorous or captious judgment; one who censures or finds fault; a harsh examiner or judge; a caviler; a carper.
Caption :: Caption (n.) A caviling; a sophism.
Quiddity :: Quiddity (n.) A trifling nicety; a cavil; a quibble.
Cavilled :: Cavilled () of Cavi.
Quarrel :: Quarrel (v. i.) To find fault; to cavil; as, to quarrel with one's lot..
Carp :: Carp (v. i.) To find fault; to cavil; to censure words or actions without reason or ill-naturedly; -- usually followed by at.
Captious :: Captious (a.) Apt to catch at faults; disposed to find fault or to cavil; eager to object; difficult to please.
Cavillation :: Cavillation (n.) Frivolous or sophistical objection.
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