Definition of cavil

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Cavil (n.) A captious or frivolous objection.

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Quarrel :: Quarrel (v. i.) To find fault; to cavil; as, to quarrel with one's lot..
Cavilling :: Cavilling () of Cavi.
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.
Quibbler :: Quibbler (n.) One who quibbles; a caviler; also, a punster..
Vitilitigation :: Vitilitigation (n.) Cavilous litigation; cavillation.
Caption :: Caption (n.) A caviling; a sophism.
Caviler :: Caviler (n.) Alt. of Caville.
Vitilitigate :: Vitilitigate (v. i.) To contend in law litigiously or cavilously.
Cavilous :: Cavilous (a.) Alt. of Cavillou.
Cavilingly :: Cavilingly (adv.) In a caviling manner.
Fallax :: Fallax (n.) Cavillation; a caviling.
Quiddity :: Quiddity (n.) A trifling nicety; a cavil; a quibble.
Word-catcher :: Word-catcher (n.) One who cavils at words.
Carp :: Carp (v. i.) To find fault; to cavil; to censure words or actions without reason or ill-naturedly; -- usually followed by at.
Caviller :: Caviller (n.) One who cavils.
Carping :: Carping (a.) Fault-finding; censorious caviling. See Captious.
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..
Caviling :: Caviling (a.) Disposed to cavil; finding fault without good reason. See Captious.
Carper :: Carper (n.) One who carps; a caviler.
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