Original sentence: Alternatively, it can refer to the desertion of a cause, position, party, or faith.Its verb form is tergiversate.Tergiversari is a composite of tergum, meaning "back," and versare, the frequentative of vertere, meaning "to turn.Tergiversation refers to the evasion of straightforward action or clear-cut statement.The word "tergiversation" originates from the Latin word tergiversatio, a noun corresponding to the deponent verb tergiversari, which means "to turn one's back, to be evasive"