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cavil
verb
    intr
    cavilled, cavilling
    1. To make trivial objections to something.
      Thesaurus: complain, carp, object, censure, nit-pick, quibble, nag.
      Form: cavil at something (usually)
      Form: cavil about something
noun
    1. A trivial objection.
Derivative: caviller
noun
    Etymology: 16c: from French, from Latin cavillari to scoff, from cavilla a jeering.



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