3
mendacity(noun, line, deception, lie, sham)
3
paltering(noun, equivocalness)
3
shuffle(noun, clear)
3
trickery(noun, shift, escape, routine, dishonesty)
2
abstruseness(uncertainty, obscurity, vagueness, haziness, opacity)
2
ambivalence(noun, uncertainty, contradiction, irresolution, indecisiveness)
2
apostasy
2
caginess(noun, indirectness)
2
circumlocution
2
circumvention(escape, fraud, deceit, lying, falsehood)
2
coloring(noun, avoidance)
2
concealment(falsehood, equivocalness)
2
deceptiveness(noun, cover, deception, mistake, dishonesty)
2
dissembling
2
dodge(escape, excuse, objection, complaint, avoidance)
2
double
2
double-talk(noun, nonsense)
2
double talk(noun, avoidance)
2
doubt(noun, delay, weakness, uncertainty, pause)
2
elusion(noun, deception, shift, escape, mistake)
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