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Synonyms for equivocate
ɪˈkwɪv əˌkeɪtequiv·o·cate

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  1. equivocateverb

    Synonyms:
    adumbrate, evade, dodge, shuffle, prevaricate, quibble

  2. equivocateverb

    To use words of equivocal or doubtful signification; to express one's opinions in terms which admit of different senses, with intent to deceive; to use ambiguous expressions with a view to mislead; as, to equivocate is the work of duplicity.

    All that Garnet had to say for him was that he supposed he meant to equivocate. -Edward Stillingfleet.

    Synonyms:
    evade, prevaricate, shuffle, adumbrate, quibble, dodge

  3. equivocateverb

    To render equivocal or ambiguous.

    He equivocated his vow by a mental reservation. -George Buck.

    Synonyms:
    quibble, evade, dodge, shuffle, prevaricate, adumbrate

Princeton's WordNet0.0 / 0 votes

  1. beat around the bush, equivocate, tergiversate, prevaricate, palterverb

    be deliberately ambiguous or unclear in order to mislead or withhold information

    Synonyms:
    beat around the bush, apostatise, tergiversate, palter, prevaricate, apostatize

Dictionary of English Synonymes0.0 / 0 votes

  1. equivocateverb

    Synonyms:
    quibble, shuffle, dodge, palter, PREVARICATE, evade the truth, use equivocal expressions (for the sake of deception)

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How to use equivocate in a sentence?

  1. William Lloyd Garrison:

    I am in earnest; I will not equivocate; I will not excuse; I will not retreat a single inch; and I will be heard.

  2. Lloyd Garrison:

    On this subject I do not which to think, or speak, or write, with moderation. No No Tell a man whose house is on fire to give a moderate alarm tell him to moderately rescue his wife from the hands of the ravisher tell the mother to gradually extricate her babe from the fire into which it has fallen but urge me not to use moderation in a cause like the present. I am in earnest I will not equivocate I will not retreat a single inch and I will be heard.

  3. Barack Obama:

    There are folks who will equivocate. They’ll say, 'You know, I’m not a scientist.' Well, I’m not either. But the best scientists in the world know that climate change is happening.


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