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A word used to qualify a statement so as to make it potentially misleading

Century Magazine, quoted in Facts on File Encyclopedia of Word and Phrase Origins by Robert Hendrickson (New York: Facts on File Publications,1987).

An equivocal word used to deprive a statement of its force or to evade a direct commitment. a word used instead of another word when someone wants to be less direct, honest, or clear
{i} word that is used to avoid a straight answer, word that is misleading or confusing
an equivocal qualification; a word used to avoid making an outright assertion

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words that are used to avoid making an outright statement, words that are misleading or confusing
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