E-quiv'o-cā'tion, n.

n. [Pr. equivocatio, Sp. equivocacion, It. equivocazione.] Ambiguity of speech; the use of words or expressions that are susceptible of a double signification, with a view to mislead; as, to be guilty of equivocation. There being no room for equivocations, there is no need of distinctions. Locke. Syn.—Prevarication; shuffling; evasion; quibbling.