equivocation
(noun)
noun
1. a statement that is not literally false but that cleverly avoids an unpleasant truth
Similar word(s): evasion
Definition categories: communication, deceit, deception, misrepresentation
2. intentionally vague or ambiguous
Similar word(s): evasiveness, prevarication
Definition categories: attribute, ambiguity, equivocalness, untruthfulness
3. falsification by means of vague or ambiguous language
Similar word(s): tergiversation
Definition categories: act, falsification, misrepresentation