Synonyms of the word

equivocation

• n. (logic) A logical fallacy resulting from the use of multiple meanings of a single expression.
• n. The use of expressions susceptible of a double signification, possibly intentionally and with the aim…

ambiguity

• n. (countable) Something, particularly words and sentences, that is open to more than one interpretation,…
• n. (uncountable) The state of being ambiguous.

deceit

• n. An act or practice intended to deceive; a trick.
• n. An act of deceiving someone.
• n. (uncountable) The state of being deceitful or deceptive.
• n. (law) The tort or fraudulent representation of a material fact made with knowledge of its falsity, or…

deception

• n. An instance of actions and/or schemes fabricated to mislead someone into believing a lie or inaccuracy.

equivocalness

• n. The state of being equivocal; ambiguity.

evasion

• n. The act of eluding or avoiding, particularly the pressure of an argument, accusation, charge, or interrogation;…

evasiveness

• n. The quality of being evasive.

falsification

• n. the act of falsifying, or making false; a counterfeiting; the giving to a thing an appearance of something…
• n. knowingly false statement or wilful misrepresentation.
• n. showing an item of charge in an account to be wrong.

misrepresentation

• n. Erroneous or false representation; an unfair or dishonest account or exposition; a false statement: as,…
• n. Incorrect or unfaithful representation in the capacity of agent or official representative, such as of…
• n. In map-making, faultiness in a map-projection, estimated with regard to its unequal scale in different…

prevarication

• n. (now rare) Deviation from what is right or correct; transgression, perversion.
• n. Evasion of the truth; deceit, evasiveness.
• n. A secret abuse in the exercise of a public office.
• n. (law, historical, Ancient Rome) The collusion of an informer with the defendant, for the purpose of making…
• n. (law) A false or deceitful seeming to undertake a thing for the purpose of defeating or destroying it.

tergiversation

• n. The act of abandoning something or someone, of changing sides; desertion; betrayal.
• n. The act of evading any clear course of action or speech, of being deliberately ambiguous; equivocation;…

untruthfulness

• n. The state of being untruthful; dishonesty.