0 to make unreasonable complaints, especially about things that are not important --
1 an unreasonable complaint, especially about something that is not important: --
He marshals his arguments with immense skill, and we know that normally we follow his lead without cavil.
The money resolution provides, in the usual form, for covering expenses—one cannot cavil at that.
I do not think that it would be very gracious for us to cavil about the matter.
It is, therefore, valueless for coal-mining spokesmen to cavil at the increase in the consumption of petrol and petroleum products in this country.
But the above is to cavil.
Overall, there is little to cavil at.
But we need not cavil about this.
But this is really a cavil.
