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Cavillation :: Cavillation (n.) Frivolous or sophistical objection.

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

Captious :: Captious (a.) Apt to catch at faults; disposed to find fault or to cavil; eager to object; difficult to please.

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..

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

Caviling :: Caviling (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Cavi.

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

Quibble :: Quibble (n.) A shift or turn from the point in question; a trifling or evasive distinction; an evasion; a cavil.

Vitilitigate :: Vitilitigate (v. i.) To contend in law litigiously or cavilously.

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.

Cavilling :: Cavilling () of Cavi.

Word-catcher :: Word-catcher (n.) One who cavils at words.

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

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

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

Caviled :: Caviled (imp. & p. p.) of Cavi.

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

Cavilled :: Cavilled () of Cavi.

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

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