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     #607.  Tergiversation. —­ N. change of mind, change of intention,
change of purpose; afterthought.
     tergiversation, recantation; palinode, palinody[obs3]; renunciation;
abjuration,abjurement[obs3]; defection &c. (relinquishment) 624; going over &c. v.; apostasy; retraction, retractation[obs3]; withdrawal; disavowal &c. (negation) 536; revocation, revokement[obs3]; reversal; repentance &c. 950- redintegratio amoris[Lat].
     coquetry; vacillation &c. 605; backsliding; volte-face[Fr].
     turn coat, turn tippet|; rat, apostate, renegade; convert, pervert;
proselyte, deserter; backslider; blackleg, crawfish [U.  S.], scab*, mugwump [U.  S.], recidivist.
     time server, time pleaser[obs3]; timist|, Vicar of Bray, trimmer,
ambidexter[obs3]; weathercock &c. (changeable) 149; Janus. 
     V. change one’s mind, change one’s intention, change one’s purpose,
change one’s note; abjure, renounce; withdraw from &c. (relinquish) 624; waver, vacillate; wheel round, turn round, veer round; turn a pirouette; go over from one side to another, pass from one side to another, change from one side to another, skip from one side to another; go to the rightabout; box the compass, shift one’s ground, go upon another tack.
     apostatize, change sides, go over, rat; recant, retract; revoke;
rescind &c. (abrogate) 756; recall; forswear, unsay; come over, come round to an opinion; crawfish [U.  S.], crawl [U.  S.].
     draw in one’s horns, eat one’s words; eat the leek, swallow the leek;
swerve, flinch, back out of, retrace one’s steps, think better of it; come back return to one’s first love; turn over a new leaf &c. (repent) 950.
     trim, shuffle, play fast and loose, blow hot and cold, coquet, be on
the fence, straddle, bold with the hare but run with the hounds; nager entre deux eaux[Fr]; wait to see how the cat jumps, wait to see how the wind blows. 
     Adj. changeful &c. 149; irresolute &c. 605; ductile, slippery as an
eel, trimming, ambidextrous, timeserving[obs3]; coquetting &c. v.
     revocatory[obs3], reactionary. 
     Phr. “a change came o’er the spirit of my dream” [Byron].

     #608.  Caprice. —­ N. caprice, fancy, humor; whim, whimsy,
whimsey[obs3], whimwham[obs3]; crotchet, capriccio, quirk, freak, maggot, fad, vagary, prank, fit, flimflam, escapade, boutade[Fr], wild-goose chase; capriciousness &c. adj.; kink. 
     V. be capricious &c. adj.; have a maggot in the brain; take it into
one’s head, strain at a gnat and swallow a camel; blow hot and cold; play fast and loose, play fantastic tricks; tourner casaque[Fr]. 
     Adj. capricious; erratic, eccentric, fitful, hysterical; full of whims
&c. n.; maggoty; inconsistent, fanciful, fantastic, whimsical, crotchety, kinky [U.  S.], particular, humorsome[obs3], freakish, skittish, wanton, wayward; contrary; captious; arbitrary; unconformable &c. 83; penny wise and pound foolish; fickle &c. (irresolute) 605; frivolous, sleeveless, giddy, volatile. 
     Adv. by fits and starts, without rhyme or reason. 
     Phr. nil fuit unquain sic inipar sibi[Lat]; the deuce is in him.