equivocation
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- n a statement that is not literally false but that cleverly avoids an unpleasant truth
- n intentionally vague or ambiguous
- n falsification by means of vague or ambiguous language
- He apologized quickly and without equivocation, and I'm appreciative of that.
- I believe that we must reject torture without equivocation because it does not make us safe, it results in unreliable intelligence, it puts our troops at risk, and it contradicts .
- The firmness is good, but just a dab of equivocation wouldn't hurt.