单词	equivocation
释义	equivocation noun equiv·​o·​ca·​tion i-ˌkwi-və-ˈkā-shən  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 Synonyms circumlocution shuffle tergiversation See all Synonyms & Antonyms Word History First Known Use 1609, in the meaning defined above equivocation noun 1 as in ambiguity deliberate evasion in speech your equivocation when asked where you were last night is not reassuring Synonyms & Similar Words Relevance ambiguity shuffle circumlocution ambiguousness tergiversation quibbling murkiness opacity nebulousness equivocalness obscurity obscureness Antonyms & Near Antonyms frankness directness openness candor forthrightness straightforwardness plainness plumpness openheartedness See More 2 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" Synonyms & Similar Words ambiguity ambiguousness mysteriousness uncertainty mystery murkiness opaqueness inscrutability nebulousness complexity opacity vagueness obliqueness nebulosity obliquity equivocalness darkness obscurity fuzziness indistinctness indefiniteness inscrutableness indirectness haziness impenetrability fogginess dimness faintness depth cloudiness mistiness incomprehensibility obtuseness complication difficulty profoundness circuity shade shadow abstruseness reconditeness deepness incomprehensibleness circuitousness abstrusity Antonyms & Near Antonyms clarity obviousness clearness certainty intelligibility plainness distinctness exactness comprehensibility definiteness brightness surety legibility directness openness explicitness lucidity perspicuity self-evidence incision incisiveness forthrightness straightforwardness obviousness palpability visibility lucidness tangibility readability readableness perspicuousness tangibleness See More
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