EQUIVOCATE meaning: Use ambiguous language to deceive

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equivocate: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
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▸ verb: (intransitive) To speak using double meaning; to speak ambiguously, unclearly or doubtfully, with intent to deceive; to vacillate in one's answers, responding with equivoques.
▸ verb: (transitive) To render equivocal or ambiguous.

Opposite:

unequivocal

Types:

lie, exaggerate, mislead, misrepresent, bait and switch, quibble, evade, dodge, more...

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gray, beige, taupe, mauve, lavender, more...

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