01 n. The use of expressions susceptible of a double signification, with a purpose to mislead.
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The use of expressions susceptible of a double signification, with a purpose to mislead.“There being no room for equivocations, there is no need of distinctions.” — Locke.
Syn.
Prevarication; ambiguity; shuffling; evasion; guibbling. See Equivocal, a., and Prevaricate, v. i.