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| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | ambiguity |
| Synonyms: | ambiguous statement, ambiguousness, avoidance, deceit, deception, double meaning, equivocality, equivocalness, equivocation, evasion, indefiniteness, prevarication, stonewalling, tergiversation, unclearness, vagueness |
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| Main Entry: | pun |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | play on words |
| Synonyms: | ambiguity, calembour, conceit, double entendre, double meaning, equivoque, joke, paronomasia, quibble, quip, witticism |
| Main Entry: | equivocality |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | ambiguity |
| Synonyms: | ambiguous statement, ambiguousness, double meaning, equivocalness, equivocation, equivoque, indefiniteness, unclearness, vagueness |
| Main Entry: | equivocalness |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | ambiguity |
| Synonyms: | ambiguous statement, ambiguousness, double meaning, equivocality, equivocation, equivoque, indefiniteness, unclearness, vagueness |
| Main Entry: | tergiversation |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | equivocation |
| Synonyms: | ambiguity, amphibology, casuistry, coloring, con, cop out, cover, cover-up, deceit, deception, deceptiveness, delusion, dissimulation, distortion, double entendre, double meaning, double talk, doubtfulness, duplicity, equivocality, equivoque, euphemism, evasion, fallacy, fib, fibbing, hedge, hedging, lie, line*, lying, misrepresentation, prevarication, quibbling routine, run-around, shuffle, shuffling, song and dance, song*, sophistry, speciousness, spuriousness, stall, stonewall, waffle, weasel word |
* = informal/non-formal usage
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| Concept: | [Having a double sense] Equivocalness. |
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-nouns
equivocalness; double meaning; ambiguity, ambiguousness, double entente, double entendre, pun, paragram, calembour, quibble, equivoque, anagram; conundrum (riddle); word play (wit); homonym, homonymy; amphiboly, amphibology; ambilogy, ambiloquy., Sphinx, Delphic oracle., equivocation (duplicity); white lie, mental reservation (concealment) [more]; paltering.
-verbs
be equivocal; have two meanings; equivocate (alter).
-adjectives
equivocal, ambiguous, amphibolous, homonymous; double-tongued (lying) [more]; enigmatical, indeterminate.
-phrases
on the one hand, on the other hand.
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| Concept: | Tergiversation. |
| Category: | 1. Acts of volition |
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-nouns
change of mind, change of intention, change of purpose; afterthought., tergiversation, recantation; palinode, palinody; renunciation; abjuration, abjurement; defection (relinquishment); going over; apostasy; retraction, retractation; withdrawal; disavowal (negation); revocation, revokement; reversal; repentance; redintegratio amoris., coquetry; vacillation; backsliding; volte-face., turncoat, turn tippet; rat, apostate, renegade; convert, pervert; proselyte, deserter; backslider; blackleg, crawfish [U.S.], scab, mugwump [U.S.], recidivist., time server, time pleaser; timist, Vicar of Bray, trimmer, ambidexter; weathercock (changeable); Janus.
-verbs
change one's mind, change one's intention, change one's purpose, change one's note; abjure, renounce; withdraw from (relinquish); waver, vacillate; wheel round, turn round, veer round; turn a pirouette; go over from one side to another, pass from one side to another, change from one side to another, skip from one side to another; go to the rightabout; box the compass, shift one's ground, go upon another tack; do a 360., apostatize, change sides, go over, rat; recant, retract; revoke; rescind (abrogate); recall; forswear, unsay; come over, come round to an opinion; crawfish [U.S.], crawl [U.S.]., draw in one's borns, eat one's words; eat the leek, swallow the leek; swerve, flinch, back out of, retrace one's steps, think better of it; come back to one's first love, return to one's first love; turn over a new leaf (repent)., trim, shuffle, play fast and loose, blow hot and cold, coquet, be on the fence, straddle, bold with the hare but run with the hounds; nager entre deux eaux; wait to see how the cat jumps, wait to see how the wind blows.
-adjectives
changeful; irresolute; ductile, slippery as an eel, trimming, ambidextrous, timeserving; coquetting; revocatory, reactionary.
-phrases
"a change came o'er the spirit of my dream" [Byron].
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