"equivocations" in the noun sense
1. evasion, equivocation
a statement that is not literally false but that cleverly avoids an unpleasant truth
2. equivocation, prevarication, evasiveness
intentionally vague or ambiguous
3. equivocation, tergiversation
falsification by means of vague or ambiguous language
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