equivocation

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noun

1

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.

Federal courts have mostly ruled against the executive branch in such cases. The equivocation that has characterized the [Trump] administration’s legal responses to date is turning into objection and refusal.

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noun — falsification by means of vague or ambiguous language

tergiversation

noun — intentionally vague or ambiguous

prevarication
evasiveness

noun — a statement that is not literally false but that cleverly av

evasion

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Federal courts have mostly ruled against the executive branch in such cases. The equivocation that has characterized the [Trump] administration’s legal responses to date is turning into objection and

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