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— equivocation

/ɪˌkwɪvəˈkeɪʃən/ noun, plural equivocations
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BNC: 33961 COCA: 25752

equivocation

noun

equiv·​o·​ca·​tion i-ˌkwi-və-ˈkā-shən How to pronounce equivocation (audio)
plural equivocations
: deliberate evasiveness in wording : the use of ambiguous or equivocal language
Like any good teacher, he does his best to answer with clarity and minimal equivocation. Eric Bugyis
Let me say now without equivocation or need for reflection: Devils tower is the most amazing sight of my entire trip. Mel White
: an ambiguous or deliberately evasive statement
His answers were filled with evasions and equivocations.
Increasingly, the inaccuracies, the elisions, and the equivocations were viewed as deliberate acts of subversion, efforts to assert some control over the past instead of simply recording it. Benjamin Soskis

Word History

First Known Use

1609, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of equivocation was in 1609
BNC: 33961 COCA: 25752

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