When someone equivocates, they deliberately use vague language in order to deceive people or to avoid speaking the truth.
He is equivocating a lot about what is going to happen if and when there are elections. [V + about/over]
He had asked her once again about her finances. And again she had equivocated. [VERB]
Synonyms: be evasive, evade, dodge, parry
equivocation (ɪkwɪvəkeɪʃən ) uncountable noun [usu without N] Why doesn't the President say so without equivocation?
Synonyms: ambiguity, evasion, hedging, waffle [informal, mainly British]