/i kwiv'euh kay"sheuhn/ , n.
1. the use of equivocal or ambiguous expressions, esp. in order to mislead or hedge; prevarication.
2. an equivocal, ambiguous expression; equivoque: The speech was marked by elaborate equivocations.
3. Logic. a fallacy caused by the double meaning of a word.
[ 1350-1400; ME equivocacion aequivocation- (s. of aequivocatio ). See EQUIVOCATE, -ION ]