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1. Flattery intended to persuade
   - blandishment, cajolery
    
2. Loud and confused and empty talk
   "mere palaver";
   - hot air, empty words, empty talk, rhetoric

1. Speak (about unimportant matters) rapidly and incessantly
   - chatter, piffle, prate, tittle-tattle, twaddle, clack, maunder, prattle, blab, gibber, tattle, blabber, gabble, vapor [Brit, Cdn], witter [Brit], rabbit [Brit], yabber [Brit], yatter [Brit]
    
2. Influence or urge by gentle urging, caressing, or flattering
   "He palavered her into going along";
   - wheedle, cajole, blarney, coax, sweet-talk, inveigle
    
3. Have a lengthy discussion, usually between people of different backgrounds

Derived forms: palavered, palavers, palavering

Type of: bunk, flattery, hokum, meaninglessness, mouth, nonsense, nonsensicality, parley, persuade, speak, talk, utter, verbalise [Brit], verbalize

Encyclopedia: Palaver