equivocate

 
Pronunciation: /ɪˈkwɪvəkeɪt/

verb

[no object]
  • use ambiguous language so as to conceal the truth or avoid committing oneself: the government have equivocated too often in the past

Derivatives

equivocator

noun

equivocatory

adjective

Origin:

late Middle English (in the sense 'use a word in more than one sense'): from late Latin aequivocat- 'called by the same name', from the verb aequivocare, from aequivocus (see equivocal)