casuistry, n.Definitions

Casuistry (n.) is ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠man's innate trick of changing things by changing their names — violating tradition while keeping it, whenever interest supplies the impulse.

Casuistry (n.) reconciles ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠doctrine with interest by reinterpreting a single word until the obligation it carries never applies — the utility of interpretations.