equivocation
noun
[ ɪˌkwɪvəˈkeɪʃ(ə)n ]
• the use of ambiguous language to conceal the truth or to avoid committing oneself; prevarication.
• "I say this without equivocation"
Similar:
prevarication,
vagueness,
qualification,
ambiguity,
uncertainty,
ambivalence,
indecision,
doubt,
beating about the bush,
evasion,
dodging,
hedging,
fudging,
doublespeak,
fencing,
parrying,
vacillation,
shilly-shallying,
cavilling,
wavering,
quibbling,
quibble,
temporizing,
hesitation,
stalling (for time),
shuffling,
humming and hawing,
pussyfooting (around),
waffle,
waffling,
weasel words,
flannel,
paltering,
tergiversation,
