Definition of "cavils" []

• Third-person singular simple present indicative form of cavil. (verb)

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• "My criticisms of his recent book are merely "cavils," he charges, designed "to avoid confronting [his] book's conclusions.""
• "In the absence of U.S. leadership, everyone else quarrels, frets and cavils, and we get a concoction like a "political steering committee" to run orders of battle."
• "Still, these are modest cavils about what is, all in all, an exemplary installation."