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31evasion — n. 1. Evading. See evade. 2. Shuffling (in the abstract), prevarication, equivocation, quibbling, subterfuge, disingenuousness, sophistry, tergiversation. 3. Shift, subterfuge, equivocation, prevarication, quibble, tergiversation, shuffling,… …
32ambiguity — ambiguity, equivocation, tergiversation, double entendre are comparable when they denote expression or, more often, an expression, capable of more than one interpretation. Ambiguity is referable to an expression that admits of two or sometimes… …
33equivocation — noun 1. a statement that is not literally false but that cleverly avoids an unpleasant truth • Syn: ↑evasion • Derivationally related forms: ↑equivocate • Hypernyms: ↑misrepresentation, ↑deceit, ↑deception …
34Turningness — Turn ing*ness, n. The quality of turning; instability; tergiversation. [Obs.] Sir P. Sidney. [1913 Webster] …
35tergiversate — intransitive verb ( sated; sating) Etymology: Latin tergiversatus, past participle of tergiversari to show reluctance, from tergum back + versare to turn, frequentative of vertere to turn more at worth Date: 1590 to engage in tergiversation •… …
36Treaty of Utrecht — For other uses, see Treaty of Utrecht (disambiguation). Treaty of Utrecht A first edition of the Treaty of Utrecht, 1713, in Spanish (left), and a later edition in Latin and English. Other names Peace of Utre …
37George Mackenzie, 2nd Earl of Seaforth — (d.1651), was a Highland clan chief and Scottish nobleman, who played an equivocating role in Scotland in the Wars of the Three Kingdoms. OriginsMackenzie was the son of Kenneth Mackenzie, 1st Lord Mackenzie of Kintail (died 1611), and Isobel,… …
38Dar ul-'Ulum Deoband — (Urdu: جامعه اسلاميه دار العلوم ديوبند, deutsch: „Haus des Wissens in Deoband“) oder Darul Uloom ist eine 1866 gegründete islamische Hochschule in der Kleinstadt Devband im indischen Bundesstaat Uttar Pradesh. Sie gehört zur hanafitischen… …
39Dar ul-Ulum Deoband — (Urdu دارالعلوم دیوبند Haus der Gelehrsamkeit in Deoband), kurz Darul Uloom ist eine 1866 gegründete islamische Hochschule in der Kleinstadt Deoband im indischen Bundesstaat Uttar Pradesh. Sie gehört zur hanafitischen Rechtsschule, lehnt… …
40Darul Uloom — Dar ul Ulum Deoband (Urdu: جامعه اسلاميه دار العلوم ديوبند, deutsch: „Haus des Wissens in Deoband“) oder Darul Uloom ist eine 1866 gegründete islamische Hochschule in der Kleinstadt Devband im indischen Bundesstaat Uttar Pradesh. Sie gehört zur …
