- the use of equivocal or ambiguous expressions, especially in order to mislead or hedge; prevarication.
- an equivocal, ambiguous expression; equivoque: The speech was marked by elaborate equivocations.
- a fallacy caused by the double meaning of a word.
- the act or an instance of equivocating
- a fallacy based on the use of the same term in different senses, esp as the middle term of a syllogism, as the badger lives in the bank, and the bank is in the High Street, so the badger lives in the High Street
