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" (162 found)
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Noun(4 words)
ambiguityambivalenceamphibologyanalogyantinomyapparent soundnessavoidanceavoiding reactionbickeringbogglingcaptiousnesscasuistrycavilingchicanechicanerycircularitycircumventioncoloringconfabulationcounterword
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Noun(5 words)
duckelusionelusivenessequivocalequivocalityequivocalnessequivoqueescapeevasionevasive actionevasive reasoningevasivenessexaggerationfallaciousnessfallacyfalse coloringfalse swearingfalsificationfalsifyingfencing
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mystificationneutralitynit pickingnit-pickingnoninterventionnoninvolvementobfuscationobscurantismopacityoscillationoversubtletyoxymoronpalteringparadoxparryingpendulationperjuryperversionpettifoggeryphilosophism
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plausibilityplausiblenesspolysemantportmanteau wordprevaricationpreventionpunpussyfootingquibblequibblingrationalizationrefrainingrunaroundself-contradictionshiftingshilly shallyingshilly-shallyshilly-shallyingshuffleshufflingshunningshunting offshysidestepsidesteppingsidetrackingslipsophismsophistical reasoningsophisticationsophistryspecial pleadingspeciosityspecious reasoningspeciousnesssquinting constructionstrainingsubterfugesubtletysuppressio veritergiversationthe runaroundtrichoschistismvacillationvicious circlevicious reasoningwaveringweasel wordweasel wordswobblingzigzag
Noun(9 words)
prevaricationsrhetorical strategysemantic fallacystrategic ambiguitytemporizingtergiversationvaguenesswafflingweaseling
Adjective(1 words)
rhetorical ambiguity
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13 entriesambiguitycommunication conceptcommunication strategydeceitdeceptionequivocalnessfalsificationinformal fallacylinguistic phenomenonlogical fallacymisrepresentationrhetorical deviceuntruthfulness
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8 entriesambiguous termequivocal statementlegal hedgingmixed meaning usagepolitical ambiguitystrategic ambiguitytwo senses usagevague phrasing
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5 entriesequivocation strategylinguistic equivocationpolitical equivocationsemantic equivocationstrategic equivocation
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