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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 debate has pitted New York mayor, Eric Adams, who has condemned the murder without equivocation, against a significant groundswell of support for the alleged murderer.
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Josh Hammer, Newsweek, 23 Dec. 2024
The Rios-Pineda Court observed, with little question or equivocation, that because the child was born in the United States, the child was in fact a citizen.
—Madison Czopek, Austin American-Statesman, 14 Dec. 2024
Thus a stance that began with equivocation has progressed to mild disappointment.
—Shashi Tharoor, Foreign Affairs, 27 Apr. 2022
This, along with the ICC's decision to indict a Hamas commander—in the same breath as Netanyahu and Gallant—exposes the macabre moral equivocation that so often lurks behind the legal mumbo jumbo of both international organizations.
—Matt Robison, Newsweek, 21 Nov. 2024
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Josh Hammer, Newsweek, 23 Dec. 2024
The Rios-Pineda Court observed, with little question or equivocation, that because the child was born in the United States, the child was in fact a citizen.
—Madison Czopek, Austin American-Statesman, 14 Dec. 2024
Thus a stance that began with equivocation has progressed to mild disappointment.
—Shashi Tharoor, Foreign Affairs, 27 Apr. 2022
This, along with the ICC's decision to indict a Hamas commander—in the same breath as Netanyahu and Gallant—exposes the macabre moral equivocation that so often lurks behind the legal mumbo jumbo of both international organizations.
—Matt Robison, Newsweek, 21 Nov. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for equivocation
Noun
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The White House transmits its warnings, though, through the fog of endless ambiguity.—
Megan Garber,
The Atlantic,
27 Feb. 2025
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Why Is There Confusion Around Perimenopause Symptoms and Treatments? Some of the ambiguity of perimenopause, compared to the full-on menopausal transition, is the timeline, which can differ for every person.—
Mara Santilli,
Flow Space,
26 Feb. 2025
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While many, if not all of the daily tasks are likely the same house to house, the less frequent items might require a shuffle in order to best work for your home and lifestyle.—
Patricia Shannon,
Southern Living,
7 Mar. 2025
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Players can use the shuffle button to mix up the words on the screen if they get stuck.—
Gordon G. Chang,
Newsweek,
3 Mar. 2025
Noun
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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.—
Tom Gliatto,
Peoplemag,
16 Nov. 2023
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By condensing Balzac’s opus to a few paragraphs, Barthelme was having a laugh not just at his predecessor’s genteel circumlocution—his tendency to describe buildings and manufacturing procedures and family trees in lavish detail—but also at the conventions of novelistic mimesis itself.—
Giles Harvey,
The New York Review of Books,
23 Apr. 2020
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“Equivocation.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/equivocation. Accessed 13 Mar. 2025.
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