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noun

Evasion
equivocation, shift, dodge; see avoidance, lie 1.
A petty objection
cavil, complaint, quiddity, nit-picking; see objection 2.

verb

dodge, cavil, beat about the bush, split hairs; see complain 1, evade 1.

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verb

To raise unnecessary or trivial objections:
carp, cavil, niggle, nitpick, pettifog. Idiom: pick to pieces. See support
To engage in a quarrel:
argue, bicker, contend, dispute, fight, quarrel, spat, squabble, tiff, wrangle. (Informal) hassle, tangle. Idioms: cross swords, have it out, have words, lock horns. See conflict

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quibble carp ¹cavil niggle nitpick pettifog

These verbs mean to raise petty or frivolous objections or complaints: quibbling about minor details; a critic who constantly carped; caviling about the price of coffee; an editor who niggled about commas; tried to stop nitpicking all the time; pettifogging about trivialities.

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