equivocation

nouns

a statement that is not literally false but that cleverly avoids an unpleasant truth
equivocation, evasion
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intentionally vague or ambiguous
equivocation, evasiveness, prevarication
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falsification by means of vague or ambiguous language
equivocation, tergiversation
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