equivocation
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Equivocation Bill Cain’s new comedy about a playwright named “Shagspeare” caught up in political intrigue in 17th-century London.
From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 28, 2014
Equivocation is the essence of law, and I believe he spoke truth.
From The Adventures of Hugh Trevor by Holcroft, Thomas
Come, Sirrah, without Equivocation or mental Reservation, tell 298 me of what opinion you are, and what Calling; for by them—I shall guess at your Morals.
From Dramatic Technique by Baker, George Pierce
Thomas Morton, Bishop of Lichfield, and Coventry, afterwards of Durham, in his Full Satisfaction concerning a double Romish Iniquitie; Rebellion and Equivocation, 1606, refers to the work as familiarly acquainted with it.
From Notes and Queries, Number 17, February 23, 1850 by Various
A Treatise upon Equivocation," which was altered by Father Garnet into "A treatise against Lying & fraudule't dissimulatio'.
From The Identification of the Writer of the Anonymous Letter to Lord Monteagle in 1605 by Morgan, George Blacker
Vocabulary lists containing equivocation
The Tragedy of Hamlet, Prince of Denmark
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Analyzing Arguments: From Reading to Writing (Chapter 3)
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