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Disputative :: Disputative (a.) Disposed to dispute; inclined to cavil or to reason in opposition; as, a disputative temper..

Caption :: Caption (n.) A caviling; a sophism.

Caviler :: Caviler (n.) Alt. of Caville.

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..

Argutation :: Argutation (n.) Caviling; subtle disputation.

Cavilled :: Cavilled () of Cavi.

Quibbler :: Quibbler (n.) One who quibbles; a caviler; also, a punster..

Carping :: Carping (a.) Fault-finding; censorious caviling. See Captious.

Cavil :: Cavil (n.) A captious or frivolous objection.

Vitilitigation :: Vitilitigation (n.) Cavilous litigation; cavillation.

Carper :: Carper (n.) One who carps; a caviler.

Exception :: Exception (n.) An objection; cavil; dissent; disapprobation; offense; cause of offense; -- usually followed by to or against.

Difficulty :: Difficulty (n.) A controversy; a falling out; a disagreement; an objection; a cavil.

Cavilling :: Cavilling () of Cavi.

Fallax :: Fallax (n.) Cavillation; a caviling.

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

Findfaulting :: Findfaulting (a.) Apt to censure or cavil; faultfinding; captious.

Quiddity :: Quiddity (n.) A trifling nicety; a cavil; a quibble.

Cavillous :: Cavillous (a.) Characterized by caviling, or disposed to cavil; quibbing..

Carp :: Carp (v. i.) To find fault; to cavil; to censure words or actions without reason or ill-naturedly; -- usually followed by at.

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