3 definitions found From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]: Cavil \Cav"il\ (k[a^]v"[i^]l), v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Caviled} or {Cavilled}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Caviling} or {Cavilling}.] [L. cavillari to practice jesting, to censure, fr. cavilla bantering jests, sophistry: cf. OF. caviller.] To raise captious and frivolous objections; to find fault without good reason. [1913 Webster] You do not well in obstinacy To cavil in the course of this contract. --Shak. [1913 Webster] From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]: cavilled See {cavil} From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]: cavil n : an evasion of the point of an argument by raising irrelevant distinctions or objections [syn: {quibble}, {quiddity}] v : raise trivial objections [syn: {carp}, {chicane}] [also: {cavilling}, {cavilled}]
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