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e⋅quiv⋅o⋅ca⋅tion

  [i-kwiv-uh-key-shuhn]
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–noun
1. the use of equivocal or ambiguous expressions, esp. in order to mislead or hedge; prevarication.
2. an equivocal, ambiguous expression; equivoque: The speech was marked by elaborate equivocations.
3. Logic. a fallacy caused by the double meaning of a word.
Origin:
1350–1400; ME equivocacion < LL aequivocātiōn- (s. of aequivocātiō). See equivocate, -ion
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e·quiv·o·ca·tion   (ĭ-kwĭv'ə-kā'shən)   
n.  

  1. The use of equivocal language.

  2. An equivocal statement or expression.

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Word Origin & History

equivocation 
c.1380, "the fallacy of using a word in different senses at different stages of the reasoning" (a loan-transl. of Gk. homonymia, lit. "having the same name"), from O.Fr. equivocation, from L.L. æquivocationem (nom. æquivocatio), from æquivocus "of identical sound," from L. æquus "equal" + vocare "to call" (see voice).
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