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Ingenuous :: Ingenuous (a.) Free from reserve, disguise, equivocation, or dissimulation; open; frank; as, an ingenuous man; an ingenuous declaration, confession, etc..

Shuffle :: Shuffle (v. i.) To change one's position; to shift ground; to evade questions; to resort to equivocation; to prevaricate.

Pun :: Pun (n.) A play on words which have the same sound but different meanings; an expression in which two different applications of a word present an odd or ludicrous idea; a kind of quibble or equivocation.

Quiddit :: Quiddit (n.) A subtilty; an equivocation.

Prevaricate :: Prevaricate (v. i.) To shift or turn from one side to the other, from the direct course, or from truth; to speak with equivocation; to shuffle; to quibble; as, he prevaricates in his statement..

Equivocatory :: Equivocatory (a.) Indicating, or characterized by, equivocation..

Amphibology :: Amphibology (n.) A phrase, discourse, or proposition, susceptible of two interpretations; and hence, of uncertain meaning. It differs from equivocation, which arises from the twofold sense of a single term..

Suspect :: Suspect (v. t.) To imagine to be guilty, upon slight evidence, or without proof; as, to suspect one of equivocation..

Equivocation :: Equivocation (n.) The use of expressions susceptible of a double signification, with a purpose to mislead..

Equivoke :: Equivoke (n.) An equivocation; a guibble.

Amphilogy :: Amphilogy (n.) Ambiguity of speech; equivocation.

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