nnoun.communicationa statement that is not literally false but that cleverly avoids an unpleasant truthSynset:evasion
Derivationally Related Form:equivocate
Hypernyms:deceit deception misrepresentation
Inherited Hypernyms:evasionmisrepresentationfalsehoodstatementmessagecommunicationabstractionentity
Direct Hyponyms:cavilcircumlocutiondoublespeakhedgehedgingindirect expressionquibblequiddity
Full Hyponyms:circumlocutiondoublespeakhedgequibble
nnoun.attributeintentionally vague or ambiguousSynset:evasiveness prevarication
Derivationally Related Form:evasiveequivocateprevaricate
Hypernyms:ambiguity equivocalness untruthfulness
Inherited Hypernyms:equivocationambiguityunclearnessincomprehensibilityqualityattributeabstractionentity
Inherited Hypernyms:equivocationuntruthfulnessdishonestyunrighteousnessimmoralityqualityattributeabstractionentity
nnoun.actfalsification by means of vague or ambiguous languageSynset:tergiversation
Derivationally Related Form:tergiversateequivocate
Hypernyms:falsification misrepresentation
Inherited Hypernyms:equivocationfalsificationwrongdoingactivityacteventpsychological featureabstractionentity