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- Dictionaryequivocation/ɪˌkwɪvəˈkeɪʃ(ə)n/
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- 1. the use of ambiguous language to conceal the truth or to avoid committing oneself; prevarication: "I say this without equivocation"
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Fallacy. misleading use of a term with more than one meaning or sense
In logic, equivocation ("calling two different things by the same name") is an informal fallacy resulting from the use of a particular word/expression in multiple senses within an argument. It is a type of ambiguity that stems from a phrase having two or more distinct meanings, not from the grammar or structure of the sentence. Wikipedia