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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Cavil \Cav"il\ (k[a^]v"[i^]l), v. i. [imp. & p. p. Caviled or Cavilled; p. pr. & vb. n. Caviling or Cavilling.] [L. cavillari to practice jesting, to censure, fr. cavilla bantering jests, sophistry: cf. OF. caviller.] To raise captious and frivolous objections; to find fault without good reason. [1913 Webster] You do not well in obstinacy To cavil in the course of this contract. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Caviling \Cav"il*ing\, a. Disposed to cavil; finding fault without good reason. See Captious. [1913 Webster] His depreciatory and caviling criticism. --Lewis. [1913 Webster]
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0:

20 Moby Thesaurus words for "caviling": captious, carping, censorious, contrary, critic, demanding, exacting, faultfinding, finicky, fussy, hairsplitting, hypercritical, mean, niggling, nitpicking, overcritical, perverse, petty, picky, small