6
uncertainty(noun, doubt, obscurity, wavering, vagueness)
5
cavil(noun, deception, lie, mistake, error)
5
delusion(noun, cover, deception, mistake, error)
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distortion(noun, cover, line, deception, lie)
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dodging(escape, excuse, dodge, avoidance, evasion)
5
double entendre(noun, expression, idiom, words, avoidance)
5
opacity(uncertainty, obscurity, vagueness, abstruseness, haziness)
5
perversion(noun, deception, mistake, error, reasoning)
5
pun
5
shuffling(noun, cover, line, shift, escape)
5
sophism(noun, slip, deception, shift, escape)
5
vagueness(noun, cover, deception, doubt, uncertainty)
4
amphibology(noun, cover, line, lie, shuffle)
4
avoidance(noun, deception, escape, excuse, dodge)
4
dissimulation(noun, cover, deception, lie, sham)
4
double-entendre(noun, clear, doubt, uncertainty, vagueness)
4
doubtfulness(noun, cover, line, doubt, uncertainty)
4
duplicity(noun, fraud, deceit, lying, objection)
4
escape(excuse, dodge, avoidance, evasion, dodging)
4
falsehood(noun, line, deception, lie, mistake)
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