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æquivocation

æquivocation is the obsolete spelling of equivocation.

Meaning of equivocation

Noun

equivocation (countable and uncountable, plural equivocations)

  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.2025 April 18, Henry Gass, “Amid deportation dispute, Trump and courts square off on who has last word”, in The Christian Science Monitor

Forms of æquivocation

pluralæquivocations

Questions about æquivocation

What is æquivocation the obsolete spelling of?
Æquivocation is the obsolete spelling of equivocation.

Words near æquivocation in the dictionary

  1. æquivalency
  2. æquivalent
  3. æquivalents
  4. æquivocal
  5. æquivocate
  6. æquivocation
  7. æquivocations
  8. æra
  9. ærarian
  10. æras
  11. æroplane

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Adapted from Wiktionary: æquivocation (page history and authors); equivocation (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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