Equivocation

[ɪ'kwɪvə'keʃən]

(noun.) falsification by means of vague or ambiguous language.

(noun.) intentionally vague or ambiguous.

Checker: Yale--From WordNet

(n.) The use of expressions susceptible of a double signification, with a purpose to mislead.

Editor: Rebekah

n. [1]. Quibbling, prevarication, evasion, shuffling, ambiguity of speech.[2]. Quibble, equivoke, double meaning.

Inputed by Kirsten

The disguise, equivocation, mystery, so hateful to her to practise, might soon be over. Jane Austen. Emma.
It was an equivocation. Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
Is there no equivocation in that assertion? Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.

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