Usually means: Excessive, trivial faultfinding or quibbling.
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  1. cavillation: Merriam-Webster
  2. cavillation: Collins English Dictionary
  3. cavillation: Wordnik
  4. cavillation: Wiktionary
  5. Cavillation: Dictionary.com
  6. Cavillation: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  7. cavillation: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  8. Cavillation: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  9. cavillation: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
  10. cavillation: FreeDictionary.org
  11. Cavillation: TheFreeDictionary.com

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▸ noun:  The act of cavilling.

Similar:
cavilling, quavering, vacillation, querulousness, quibble, kvetch, jangle, bangling, whingeing, dickering, more...

Opposite:
approval, praise, commendation

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Similar:
cavilling, quavering, vacillation, querulousness, quibble, kvetch, jangle, bangling, whingeing, dickering, more...

Opposite:
approval, praise, commendation



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