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equivocation

 
Noun equivocation has 3 senses
  1. evasion, equivocation - a statement that is not literally false but that cleverly avoids an unpleasant truth
    --1 is a kind of misrepresentation, deceit, deception
    --1 has particulars:
     circumlocution, indirect expression; doublespeak; hedge, hedging; quibble, quiddity, cavil
    Derived form: verb equivocate1
  2. equivocation, prevarication, evasiveness - intentionally vague or ambiguous
    --2 is a kind of untruthfulness; ambiguity, equivocalness
    Derived form: verb equivocate1
  3. equivocation, tergiversation - falsification by means of vague or ambiguous language
    --3 is a kind of falsification, misrepresentaation
    Derived form: verb equivocate1
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