Definition for

caviling


noun – The act of raising captious and frivolous objections; an objection of a captious nature: as, “cavillings and menacings,”

Raising frivolous objections; fault-finding.

adjective – Disposed to cavil; finding fault without good reason. See captious.

verb – Present participle of cavil.

noun – cavilation

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