1
flip-flop
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forswearing
1
going back on(expression, idiom, retreat, withdrawal, abandonment)
1
hairsplitting
1
hypocrisy
1
incertitude(doubt, uncertainty, vagueness, haziness)
1
inconclusiveness(doubt, uncertainty, vagueness, haziness)
1
indefiniteness(deception, doubt, uncertainty, deceit, vagueness)
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indeterminateness(doubt, uncertainty, vagueness, haziness)
1
leaving(retreat, withdrawal, abandonment, disappearance, betrayal)
1
lie(noun, equivocation)
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logic-chopping
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marooning(retreat, withdrawal, abandonment, disappearance, betrayal)
1
mugwumpery
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nit-picking
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nitpicking
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obscurity(doubt, uncertainty, vagueness, haziness)
1
palinode
1
parrying
1
parting(noun, failure, failing, rejection, withdrawal)
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