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equivocate
verb
(e-quiv-o-cate)
be deliberately ambiguous or unclear in order to mislead or withhold information
Synonyms:
beat around the bush,
palter
,
prevaricate
,
tergiversate
,
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prevaricate
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tergiversate
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palter
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dissemble
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temporize
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obfuscate
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elide
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demur
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backpedal
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cavil
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rephrase
,
waver
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backtrack
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dissimulate
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shirk
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interject
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oversimplify
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hesitate
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moralize
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editorialize
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castigate
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expound
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propound
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belabor
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traduce
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demonize
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disavow
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acquiesce
,
sentimentalize
,
condescend
,
extenuate
,
constitutionalize
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misspeaks
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vilify
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avow
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ignore
,
repudiate
,
reprove
,
pander
,
misquote
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speechify
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mishear
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criticize
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fulminate
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pretend
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naysay
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relativize
,
psychoanalyze
,
moralise
,
inculpate
,
trivialize
,
cower
,
misgovern
,
belittle
,
sentimentalise
,
cogitate
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confront
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chasten
,
sermonise
,
foreswear
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grovel
,
paraphrase
,
intellectualize
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hyperbolize
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misremember
,
principled
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forswear
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conflate
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wimped
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chastise
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underreact
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waffling
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mythologise
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pussyfooting
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bewail
,
mythologize
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sermonize
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problematize
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expatiate
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betray
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assail
,
disparage
,
trample
,
denigrate
,
resiling
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chide
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analogize
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allude
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excoriate
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politicize
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disbelieve
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berate
,
crucify
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coddle
,
prate
,
agonize
,
denounce
,
condemn
,
importune
,
romanticize
,
equivocate
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