equivocation

n 1: a statement that is not literally false but that cleverly

avoids an unpleasant truth [syn: {evasion}]

2: intentionally vague or ambiguous [syn: {prevarication}, {evasiveness}]

3: deliberate vagueness or ambiguity [syn: {evasiveness}]

4: falsification by means of vague or ambiguous language [syn:

{tergiversation}]