Federal courts have mostly ruled against the executive branch in such cases. The equivocation that has characterized the [Trump] administration’s legal responses to date is turning into objection and refusal.
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Equivocation
//ɪˌkwɪvəˈkeɪʃən//
Synonyms for "equivocation" (148 found)
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37 translations across 13 languages.
Bulgarian
1 entries- двусмислица noun (Expression susceptible of a double signification, possibly misleading)
Dutch
4 entries- ambiguïteitsdrogreden noun (Logical fallacy)
- dubbelzinnigheid noun (Expression susceptible of a double signification, possibly misleading)
- equivocatie noun (Logical fallacy)
- gelijknamigheid noun (Logical fallacy)
French
4 entries- quiproquo noun (Expression susceptible of a double signification, possibly misleading)
- équivocité noun (Logical fallacy)
- équivoque noun (Logical fallacy)
- équivoque noun (Expression susceptible of a double signification, possibly misleading)
Georgian
3 entries- არაცალსახობა noun (Logical fallacy)
- ეკვივოკაცია noun (Logical fallacy)
- ორაზროვნობა noun (Logical fallacy)
German
4 entries- Ambiguität noun (Expression susceptible of a double signification, possibly misleading)
- Doppeldeutigkeit noun (Expression susceptible of a double signification, possibly misleading)
- Mehrdeutigkeit noun (Expression susceptible of a double signification, possibly misleading)
- Vieldeutigkeit noun (Expression susceptible of a double signification, possibly misleading)
Hungarian
2 entries- köntörfalazás noun (Expression susceptible of a double signification, possibly misleading)
- mellébeszélés noun (Logical fallacy)
Japanese
1 entries- 二枚舌 noun (Expression susceptible of a double signification, possibly misleading)
Macedonian
2 entries- двосми́сленост noun (Expression susceptible of a double signification, possibly misleading)
- двосми́слица noun (Expression susceptible of a double signification, possibly misleading)
Occitan
1 entries- équivocitat noun (Logical fallacy)
Polish
3 entries- dwuznaczność noun (Expression susceptible of a double signification, possibly misleading)
- ekwiwokacja noun (Logical fallacy)
- ekwiwokacja noun (Expression susceptible of a double signification, possibly misleading)
Portuguese
2 entries- equivocidade noun (Logical fallacy)
- equívoco noun (Logical fallacy)
Spanish
4 entries- ambigüedad noun (Expression susceptible of a double signification, possibly misleading)
- equivocidad noun (Logical fallacy)
- equívoca noun (Expression susceptible of a double signification, possibly misleading)
- equívoco noun (Logical fallacy)
Swedish
2 entries- ekvivokation noun (Logical fallacy)
- tvetydighet noun (Expression susceptible of a double signification, possibly misleading)
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