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  Definition of equivocation
  1. falsification by means of vague or ambiguous language
  2. intentionally vague or ambiguous
  3. a statement that is not literally false but that cleverly avoids an unpleasant truth
Similar Words: tergiversation, prevarication, evasiveness, evasion

 

Hyponyms: circumlocution, indirect expression, doublespeak, hedge, hedging, quibble, quiddity, cavil

 

Derivational Morphology: beat around the bush, equivocate, tergiversate, prevaricate, palter

 

 
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