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What does equivocation mean?

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Noun
  1. (logic) A logical fallacy resulting from the use of multiple meanings of a single expression.
  2. The use of expressions susceptible of a double signification, possibly intentionally and with the aim of misleading.
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He is practicing the ancient craft of equivocation, a trade plied by oracles thousands of years ago.
In taking up the Cistercian rule Merton assumes a way of life that, without equivocation, stands over against that of his former world.
I'm over-reacting, of course, but it seems that such reportage has more to do with equivocation than articulation.
Apparently, they didn't realize that the people who felt this way were looking for leadership on the issue not equivocation.
Valved horns were permitted, in the light of Wagner's own equivocation about them, joining those valved horn hybrids known as Wagner tubas.
While compassion makes us feel the richer for our magnanimity, justice stirs up far more complex emotions of self-justification and equivocation.

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