E·quiv·o·ca·tion

The use of ambiguous or evasive language, often to conceal the truth or avoid commitment.

"The senator’s speech was filled with equivocation, leaving voters uncertain about his true position on the issue."

From Late Latin aequivocationem (“ambiguity, double meaning”), from aequivocus (“of identical sound, ambiguous”), combining aequi- (“equal”) + vox (“voice”).