equivocation : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: equivocation	by the DICT Development Group
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
equivocation n a statement that is not literally false but that cleverly avoids an unpleasant truth Synonym(s): evasion, equivocation intentionally vague or ambiguous Synonym(s): equivocation, prevarication, evasiveness falsification by means of vague or ambiguous language Synonym(s): equivocation, tergiversation
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Equivocation \Equiv`oca"tion\, n. 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.