equivocation

• æquivocation (archaic)

c. 1380, from Old French equivocation, from Medieval Latin aequivocātiōnem, accusative singular of aequivocātiō, from aequivocō, from Late Latin aequivocus (“ambiguous, equivocal”), from Latin aequus (“equal”) + vocō (“call”); a calque of Ancient Greek ὁμωνυμία (homōnumía).[1]

• IPA^(key): /ɪˌkwɪvəˈkeɪʃən/, /ɪˌkwɪvəˈkeɪʃn̩/, /əˌkwɪvəˈkeɪʃn/
• Hyphenation: e‧quiv‧o‧ca‧tion
• Rhymes: -eɪʃən

equivocation (countable and uncountable, plural equivocations)

1. (logic) 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.

• amphiboly, evasion, evasiveness, prevarication

equivocation f (oblique plural equivocations, nominative singular equivocation, nominative plural equivocations)

1. equivocation
   • Si avoit trovee occasion de li gaber par l'equivocation de son nom