An instance of defecting from or abandoning a cause:
apostasy, defection, recreance, recreancy. See approach, trustThe use or an instance of equivocal language:
ambiguity, equivocation, equivoque, euphemism, hedge, prevarication, shuffle, weasel word. (Informal) waffle. See clearAn expression or term liable to more than one interpretation:
ambiguity, double-entendre, equivocality, equivocation, equivoque. See clear
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