equivocation


equivocation (http://definr.com/equivocation)

     n 1: a statement that is not literally false but that cleverly
          avoids an unpleasant truth [syn: evasion]
     2: intentionally vague or ambiguous [syn: prevarication, evasiveness]
     3: deliberate vagueness or ambiguity [syn: evasiveness]
     4: falsification by means of vague or ambiguous language [syn:
        tergiversation]