cavilling

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noun

cavillation

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Meanings

verb
  1. gerundparticiplepresentpresent participle and gerund of cavil
nouncavilling (plural cavillings)

plural cavillings

  1. cavillation

    God's word suffers nothing from such captious queryings and cavillings as deface the pages of the modern destructive school.

    1864, Melancthon Williams Jacobus, Notes, critical and explanatory, on the book of Genesis, page iii

Synonyms & antonyms

Also see
hypercriticism
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APA

cavilling. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/cavilling

MLA

“cavilling.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/cavilling. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “cavilling,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/cavilling.

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