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Entry 1 sense Webster, 1913

Equivocation

/ĭk-wĭv-ək-āsh'-ən/ · E·quiv·o·ca·tion · IPA /ɪˌkwɪvəˈkeɪʃən/
01 n. The use of expressions susceptible of a double signification, with a purpose to mislead.
  1. 1.
    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.