v. Function: verb
1
Synonyms: LIE , falsify, fib, palter, prevaricate
Related Words: elude, escape, evade
2 to avoid committing oneself by speaking evasively FF1C; he'd rather be brutally frank with them than equivocate on that issue FF1E;
Synonyms: dodge, evade, hedge, pussyfoot, shuffle, sidestep, tergiversate, tergiverse, weasel; compare SKIRT 3
Related Words: cavil, prevaricate, quibble; fence, parry; avoid, elude, eschew
Idioms: beat around ( or about) the bush, beg the question, mince words