tergiversate
I
verb
apostatize, avoid, be uncertain, be unsure, change one's mind, change sides, desert, dodge, equivocate, evade, hedge, quibble, recant, renege, renounce, shift, straddle, turn renegade, use evasions, use subterfuge, vacillate
II
index
abandon (relinquish), defect, equivocate, leave (depart), palter, prevaricate, quit (discontinue), rebel, recant, secede
Burton's Legal Thesaurus.
William C. Burton.
2006