ambiguities

[am-bi-gyoo-i-tee]

noun, plural am·bi·gu·i·ties.

doubtfulness or uncertainty of meaning or intention: to speak with ambiguity; an ambiguity of manner.

an unclear, indefinite, or equivocal word, expression, meaning, etc.: a contract free of ambiguities; the ambiguities of modern poetry.

Origin:
1375–1425; late Middle English ambiguite < Latin ambiguitās, equivalent to ambigu(us) ambiguous + -itās -ity

Related forms

non·am·bi·gu·i·ty, noun, plural non·am·bi·gu·i·ties.

Synonyms
1. vagueness, deceptiveness. 2. equivocation.

Antonyms
1. explicitness, clarity.

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