ambiguity
noun
[ ambɪˈɡjuːɪti ]
• the quality of being open to more than one interpretation; inexactness.
• "we can detect no ambiguity in this section of the Act"
Similar:
ambivalence,
equivocation,
obscurity,
vagueness,
abstruseness,
doubtfulness,
uncertainty,
puzzle,
enigma,
equivocacy,
dubiety,
doublespeak,
double-talk,
Origin:
late Middle English: from Old French ambiguite or Latin ambiguitas, from ambiguus ‘doubtful’ (see ambiguous).
