To use evasive or deliberately vague language:
equivocate, euphemize, hedge, shuffle, tergiversate, weasel. (Informal) pussyfoot. Idioms: beat about (or around) the bush, mince words. See clearThe use or an instance of equivocal language:
ambiguity, equivocation, equivoque, euphemism, hedge, prevarication, shuffle, tergiversation, weasel word. See clear
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