The quality or state of being inclined to cavil; a tendency to make petty complaints.
Abstract noun formed from 'caviling' by adding the suffix '-ness,' which converts adjectives and participles into nouns representing qualities or conditions.
The '-ness' suffix is one of English's most productive ways to turn how something acts ('caviling') into what that quality is called ('cavilingness')—it's how we name personality traits!
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