tergiversation

The act of tergiversating; a shifting; shift; subterfuge; evasion.

The act of changing one's opinions or of turning from them; the act of turning against a cause formerly advocated; fickleness or instability of conduct.

Fickleness of conduct; inconstancy; change.

The act of abandoning something or someone, of changing sides; desertion; betrayal.

The act of evading any clear course of action or speech, of being deliberately ambiguous; equivocation; fickleness.