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Synonyms for Equivocation (same or very similar meaning)

WordNet sense 1 (a statement that is not literally false but that cleverly avoids an unpleasant truth):
evasion

WordNet sense 2 (intentionally vague or ambiguous):
evasiveness, prevarication

WordNet sense 3 (falsification by means of vague or ambiguous language):
tergiversation


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