verb
- to use ambiguous language in order to conceal the truth or avoid committing oneself
Usage: formal
Examples
- The politician continued to equivocate when asked about his position on the controversial issue.
- Stop equivocating and give me a straight answer.
- She equivocated when her parents asked where she had been all evening.
- The witness seemed to equivocate during cross-examination.
- Rather than equivocate, he decided to tell the truth about what happened.
- The CEO’s tendency to equivocate made investors nervous about the company’s future.