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Antonyms for equivocation
| Grammar : Noun |
| Spell : ih-kwiv-uh-key-shuh n |
| Phonetic Transcription : ɪˌkwɪv əˈkeɪ ʃən |
Definition of equivocation
Origin :- late 14c., "the fallacy of using a word in different senses at different stages of the reasoning" (a loan-translation of Greek homonymia, literally "having the same name"), from Old French equivocation, from Late Latin aequivocationem (nominative aequivocatio), from aequivocus "of identical sound," past participle of aequivocare, from aequus "equal" (see equal (adj.)) + vocare "to call" (see voice (n.)).
- noun avoidance of an issue
- "I go for stoppum Hicks' ranch," said Good Indian, without any attempt at equivocation.
- Extract from : « Good Indian » by B. M. Bower
- Would she be sure to recognize any equivocation, and be angrier at that?
- Extract from : « Hetty's Strange History » by Anonymous
- Had you equivocated in the slightest degree, I should have punished you for the equivocation.
- Extract from : « The Channings » by Mrs. Henry Wood
- But Peter had reached a point where he was tired of equivocation.
- Extract from : « The Vagrant Duke » by George Gibbs
- There must be no mistake about it; no room for doubt or equivocation, you know.
- Extract from : « The Daltons, Volume II (of II) » by Charles James Lever
- "Equivocation will not serve you in this case, sir," said the queen, with an austere dignity.
- Extract from : « The Midnight Queen » by May Agnes Fleming
- He forgot the decree of the king; her equivocation; the unanswered question.
- Extract from : « Under the Rose » by Frederic Stewart Isham
- All who are governed by any species of fear are disposed to equivocation.
- Extract from : « Practical Education, Volume I » by Maria Edgeworth
- Weale is the uncompromising enemy of all sham and equivocation.
- Extract from : « The Catholic World. Volume II; Numbers 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12. » by E. Rameur
- Nor with reference to Divine Truth can equivocation be used.
- Extract from : « The Gunpowder Plot and Lord Mounteagle's Letter » by Henry Hawkes Spink Jr.
Synonyms for equivocation
- ambiguity
- amphibology
- casuistry
- coloring
- con
- cop out
- cover
- cover-up
- deceit
- deception
- deceptiveness
- delusion
- dissimulation
- distortion
- double entendre
- double meaning
- double talk
- doubtfulness
- duplicity
- equivocality
- evasion
- fallacy
- fib
- fibbing
- hedging
- lie
- line
- lying
- misrepresentation
- prevarication
- quibbling routine
- run-around
- shuffling
- song
- song and dance
- sophistry
- speciousness
- spuriousness
- stall
- stonewall
- tergiversation
- waffle
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