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equivocation n.
tergiversation n.

NOUN

equivocation

Synonyms

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prevarication

STRONG

ambiguity amphiboly casuistry coloring con cover cover-up deceit deception deceptiveness delusion dissimulation distortion doubtfulness duplicity evasion fallacy fib fibbing lie line lying misrepresentation shuffling song sophistry speciousness spuriousness stall tergiversation waffle

WEAK

cop out double entendre double meaning double talk equivocality quibbling routine runaround song and dance stonewall

Antonyms

STRONG

certainty clarity fact frankness honesty openness reality surety trustworthiness truth truthfulness uprightness

WEAK

directness facing meeting

NOUN

tergiversation

Synonyms

STRONG

ambiguity amphiboly casuistry coloring con cover cover-up deceit deception deceptiveness delusion dissimulation distortion doubtfulness duplicity euphemism evasion fallacy fib fibbing hedge lie line lying misrepresentation prevarication shuffle shuffling song sophistry speciousness spuriousness stall waffle

WEAK

cop out double entendre double meaning double talk equivocality equivoque quibbling routine runaround song and dance stonewall weasel word

Antonyms

STRONG

certainty clarity fact frankness honesty openness reality surety trustworthiness truth truthfulness uprightness

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We’re continuing to see high demand around pre-issuance hedging particularly from investment grade issuers, partly driven by these market movements.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 20, 2026

Family offices have interest in hedging risks related to weather or commodities such as crop outputs and oil prices, he added.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 19, 2026

You can already see some hedging in what he’s been saying about the race.

From Slate ● Aug. 15, 2026

“We see hedges as inexpensive and like hedging against a hot print,” the analysts wrote.

From MarketWatch ● Aug. 11, 2026

Each man was hedging his bets on the hereafter by preparing his private papers for posterity, the one place where they knew their prospects of immortality were assured.

From "Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation" by Joseph J. Ellis

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