Thesaurus: equivocation

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1. n. The use of expressions susceptible of a double signification, with a purpose to mislead.
2. n. a statement that is not literally false but that cleverly avoids an unpleasant truth
3. n. intentionally vague or ambiguous
4. n. falsification by means of vague or ambiguous language
5. The use of expressions susceptible of a double signification, with a purpose to mislead. There being no room for equivocations, there is no need of distinctions. Locke. Syn. -- Prevarication; ambiguity; shuffling; evasion; guibbling. See Equivocal, a., and Prevaricate, v. i.
6. The use of expressions susceptible of a double signification,with a purpose to mislead.There being no room for equivocations, there is no need ofdistinctions. Locke.
7. n:100 n. intentionally vague or ambiguous n. falsification by means of vague or ambiguous language