God's word suffers nothing from such captious queryings and cavillings as deface the pages of the modern destructive school.
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Cavilling
Synonyms for "cavilling" (17 found)
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12 entriesarguebehaviorcriticismcriticizedebate strategydispositiondisputefastidiousnessfault-findingobjectionpedantryrhetorical tactic
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12 entriescarpcarping criticismcarping habitformal objectionhabitual nitpickinghair splittingnitpicknitpickingpedantic critiquepedantryquibbletechnical objection
Collocations
18 entriesacademic cavilingacademic cavillingcaviling approachcaviling critiquecaviling objectionscaviling over detailscaviling remarkscaviling stancecaviling tendencycaviling tonecavilling objectionscavilling remarksconstant cavilingfault findinghabit of cavilinghabitual cavilling
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