What is "equivocation" in English? Definition and Explanations

Meaning of "equivocation": a statement that is not literally false but that cleverly avoids an unpleasant truth

Noun

Meaning of "equivocation": intentionally vague or ambiguous

Noun

Meaning of "equivocation": falsification by means of vague or ambiguous language

Noun

Synonyms:

prevarication, duplicity, delusion, waffle, casuistry, spuriousness, lie, coloring, deception, evasion, fib, ambiguity, tergiversation, song, speciousness, doubtfulness, deceit, line, misrepresentation, cover-up, cover, stall, sophistry, fallacy, distortion, lying, con, cop out, double entendre, double talk, run-around, song and dance, stonewall, equivocality, deceptiveness, amphibology, fibbing, dissimulation, hedging, shuffling, double meaning, quibbling routine,

Antonyms:

honesty, reality, frankness, truthfulness, uprightness, clarity, trustworthiness, certainty, fact, surety, truth, openness, directness, facing, meeting,