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1. A long and complicated and confusing procedure
   - rigmarole, rigamarole [US]
    
2. [informal, rare] Flattery intended to persuade
   - blandishment, cajolery

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

Derived forms: palavers, palavering, palavered

Type of: flattery, mouth, parley, persuade, procedure, process, speak, talk, utter, verbalise [Brit], verbalize

Encyclopedia: Palaver, a Romance of Northern Nigeria