Defenition of the word equivocation

• Defenition of the word equivocation

  • deliberate vagueness or ambiguity
  • intentionally vague or ambiguous
  • falsification by means of vague or ambiguous language
  • a statement that is not literally false but that cleverly avoids an unpleasant truth

Synonyms for the word equivocation

• • evasion
  • evasiveness
  • hedging
  • prevarication
  • tergiversation

Similar words in the equivocation

• • equivocation
  • equivocation's
  • equivocations

Hyponyms for the word equivocation

• • cavil
  • circumlocution
  • doublespeak
  • hedge
  • hedging
  • indirect expression
  • quibble
  • quiddity

Hypernyms for the word equivocation

• • ambiguity
  • deceit
  • deception
  • equivocalness
  • falsehood
  • falsification
  • misrepresentaation
  • misrepresentation
  • untruthfulness

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