- evasion, equivocation - a statement that is not literally false but that cleverly avoids an unpleasant truth
--1 is a kind of misrepresentation, deceit, deception
--1 has particulars:circumlocution, indirect expression; doublespeak; hedge, hedging; quibble, quiddity, cavil Derived form: verb equivocate1 - equivocation, prevarication, evasiveness - intentionally vague or ambiguous
--2 is a kind of untruthfulness; ambiguity, equivocalness
Derived form: verb equivocate1 - equivocation, tergiversation - falsification by means of vague or ambiguous language
--3 is a kind of falsification, misrepresentaation
Derived form: verb equivocate1