| obliqueness(noun, slip, shift, escape, routine) |
| oscillation(noun, delay, weakness, doubt, uncertainty) |
| paradox(noun, deception, mistake, error, falsehood) |
| perjury(noun, deception, lie, sham, dishonesty) |
| pettifoggery |
| runaround(noun, shift, routine, cunning, dissimulation) |
| shilly-shally(noun, delay, weakness, doubt, wavering) |
| shilly-shallying(noun, uncertainty, wavering, indecision, vacillation) |
| shunning(escape, excuse, dodge, avoidance, evasion) |
| slip(escape, excuse, dodge, avoidance, evasion) |
| special pleading(expression, idiom, reasoning) |
| stall(noun, cover, line, shift, escape) |
| subtlety(justification, objection, complaint, cavil, nicety) |
| suppressio veri(expression, idiom, falsehood) |
| unclearness(noun, deception, doubt, uncertainty, obscurity) |
| untruth(noun, line, deception, lie, mistake) |
| untruthfulness(noun, line, deception, lie, sham) |
| vacillation(noun, delay, weakness, doubt, uncertainty) |
| waffle(noun, clear, informal, avoidance) |
| wavering(noun, delay, weakness, doubt, uncertainty) |