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as in ambiguity
deliberate evasion in speech
your equivocation when asked where you were last night is not reassuring
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as in ambiguousness
the quality or state of having a veiled or uncertain meaning
the equivocation of the last line of the poem, "That is all ye know on earth, and all ye need to know"
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Recent Examples of equivocation
The rest of the statement was full of equally cowardly equivocation.
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Sahar Mustafah
august 27, Literary Hub, 27 Aug. 2025
Their robust negations appeared to put both them and their American hosts on the right side of history, compared with writers in the unfree world of authoritarian regimes, who seemed to have been permanently tainted by lies, equivocations, and evasions.
—Pankaj Mishra, Harpers Magazine, 16 July 2025
The false equivocation of men’s and women’s superficial concerns is the first time Song tips her hand.
—Angelica Jade Bastién, Vulture, 25 June 2025
The equivocation that has characterized the administration’s legal responses to date is turning into objection and refusal.
—Henry Gass, Christian Science Monitor, 18 Apr. 2025
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As usual, Coon thrives in ambiguity, layering a seemingly straightforward woman with depth.—
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Participants also took a personality assessment called the High Potential Trait Indicator (HTPI), which measures six traits including competitiveness and tolerance of ambiguity.—
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Get live security wait times, so you’re not stuck in a five‑hour shuffle line that’s already happening.—
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The shuffle of betting partners comes as the NBA, a rights partner with Disney and ESPN, is dealing with a gambling scandal involving multiple players and coaches.—
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Their circumlocutions were as entrancing as their ability to find the most precisely ironic words for difficult-to-name realities.—
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Here, instead, she’s swayed by a dead Diana softly squeezing her hand and kindly hinting — the dead Diana is an ace at tactful circumlocution — that now is the time to show a mourning nation some emotion.—
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“Equivocation.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/equivocation. Accessed 13 Jan. 2026.
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