"equivocalness" meaning in English

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Noun

Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Italic *aikʷos? Old Latin aiquos Latin aequus Latin -i- Proto-Indo-European *wekʷ-der. Proto-Indo-European *wokʷ-der. Latin vocō Proto-Indo-European *-ós Proto-Indo-European *-os Proto-Indo-European *-ós Proto-Indo-European *-ós Proto-Indo-European *-ós Proto-Indo-European *-ós Proto-Indo-European *-os Proto-Italic *-os Archaic Latin -os Latin -us Latin -vocus Late Latin aequivocus Proto-Indo-European *h₂el- Proto-Indo-European *-is Proto-Indo-European *h₂élisder.? Proto-Italic *-ālis Latin -ālislbor. Old French -albor. ▲ Latin -ālis Old French -elbor. ▲ Latin -ālisbor. Middle English -al English -al English equivocal Proto-Germanic *-in- Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂yéti Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ti Proto-Germanic *-ōną Proto-Germanic *-inōną Proto-Indo-European *-dyé- Proto-Germanic *-atjaną Proto-Indo-European *-tus Proto-Germanic *-þuz Proto-Germanic *-assuz Proto-Germanic *-inassuz Proto-West Germanic *-nassī Old English -nes Middle English -nesse English -ness English equivocalness From equivocal + -ness. Etymology templates: {{ety|en|:af|equivocal|-ness|text=+|tree=1}} Etymology tree Proto-Italic *aikʷos? Old Latin aiquos Latin aequus Latin -i- Proto-Indo-European *wekʷ-der. Proto-Indo-European *wokʷ-der. Latin vocō Proto-Indo-European *-ós Proto-Indo-European *-os Proto-Indo-European *-ós Proto-Indo-European *-ós Proto-Indo-European *-ós Proto-Indo-European *-ós Proto-Indo-European *-os Proto-Italic *-os Archaic Latin -os Latin -us Latin -vocus Late Latin aequivocus Proto-Indo-European *h₂el- Proto-Indo-European *-is Proto-Indo-European *h₂élisder.? Proto-Italic *-ālis Latin -ālislbor. Old French -albor. ▲ Latin -ālis Old French -elbor. ▲ Latin -ālisbor. Middle English -al English -al English equivocal Proto-Germanic *-in- Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂yéti Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ti Proto-Germanic *-ōną Proto-Germanic *-inōną Proto-Indo-European *-dyé- Proto-Germanic *-atjaną Proto-Indo-European *-tus Proto-Germanic *-þuz Proto-Germanic *-assuz Proto-Germanic *-inassuz Proto-West Germanic *-nassī Old English -nes Middle English -nesse English -ness English equivocalness [Appendix:Glossary#inherited|Inherited]] from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "lang_name" : "Old Latin", "term" : "aiquos", "status" : "inline", "lang" : "itc-ola" } ], "keyword_label" : "From", "keyword" : "from" } ], "lang_name" : "Latin", "term" : "aequus", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "la" }, { "children" : [ ], "lang_name" : "Latin", "term" : "-i-", "status" : "missing", "lang" : "la", "pos" : "connecting vowel" }, { "gloss" : "having meaning", "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "gloss" : "to name, designate", "children" : [ { "keyword_abbrev" : "der.", "keyword_label" : "Derived from", "terms" : [ { "alt" : "*wokʷ-", "id" : "speech", "children" : [ { "keyword_abbrev" : "der.", "keyword_label" : "Derived from", "terms" : [ { "children" : [ ], "lang_name" : "Proto-Indo-European", "term" : "*wekʷ-", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "ine-pro" } ], "keyword" : "derived" } ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Proto-Indo-European", "term" : "*wṓkʷs", "lang" : "ine-pro" } ], "keyword" : "derived" } ], "lang_name" : "Latin", "term" : "vocō", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "la" }, { "id" : "deverbal adjective", "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "id" : "second declension suffix", "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "id" : "possessive", "children" : [ ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Proto-Indo-European", "term" : "*-ós", "lang" : "ine-pro" }, { "id" : "o-grade", "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "id" : "thematic", "children" : [ ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Proto-Indo-European", "term" : "*-os", "lang" : "ine-pro" }, { "is_duplicate" : true, "children" : [ ], "id" : "possessive", "status" : { "1" : "ine-pro", "id" : "possessive", "pos" : "suffix" }, "lang_name" : "Proto-Indo-European", "term" : "*-ós", "lang" : "ine-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "From", "is_group" : true, "keyword" : "affix" } ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Proto-Indo-European", "term" : "*-ós", "lang" : "ine-pro" }, { "id" : "e-grade", "children" : [ ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Proto-Indo-European", "term" : "*-ós", "lang" : "ine-pro" }, { "id" : "vrddhi", "children" : [ ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Proto-Indo-European", "term" : "*-ós", "lang" : "ine-pro" }, { "is_duplicate" : true, "children" : [ ], "id" : "thematic", "status" : { "1" : "ine-pro", "id" : "thematic", "pos" : "suffix" }, "lang_name" : "Proto-Indo-European", "term" : "*-os", "lang" : "ine-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "lang_name" : "Proto-Italic", "term" : "*-os", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "itc-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Archaic Latin", "term" : "-os", "lang" : "itc-ala" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Latin", "term" : "-us", "lang" : "la", "pos" : "adjective-forming suffix" } ], "keyword_label" : "From", "is_group" : true, "keyword" : "affix" } ], "lang_name" : "Latin", "term" : "-vocus", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "la" } ], "keyword_label" : "From", "is_group" : true, "keyword" : "affix" } ], "lang_name" : "Late Latin", "term" : "aequivocus", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "la-lat" }, { "id" : "adjectival suffix", "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "id" : "adjectival suffix", "children" : [ { "keyword_abbrev" : "bor.", "keyword_label" : "Borrowed from", "terms" : [ { "id" : "forming adjectives", "children" : [ { "keyword_abbrev" : "lbor.", "keyword_label" : "Learned borrowing from", "terms" : [ { "id" : "adjectivizing suffix", "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "children" : [ { "keyword_abbrev" : "der.", "is_uncertain" : true, "keyword_label" : "Derived from", "terms" : [ { "alt" : "*h₂élis", "lang_name" : "Proto-Indo-European", "status" : "inline", "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "id" : "grow", "children" : [ ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Proto-Indo-European", "term" : "*h₂el-", "lang" : "ine-pro" }, { "children" : [ ], "lang_name" : "Proto-Indo-European", "term" : "*-is", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "ine-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "From", "is_group" : true, "keyword" : "affix" } ], "lang" : "ine-pro" } ], "keyword" : "derived" } ], "lang_name" : "Proto-Italic", "term" : "*-ālis", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "itc-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Latin", "term" : "-ālis", "lang" : "la" } ], "keyword" : "lbor" } ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Old French", "term" : "-al", "lang" : "fro" }, { "id" : "adjective", "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "is_duplicate" : true, "children" : [ ], "id" : "adjectivizing suffix", "status" : { "1" : "la", "2" : ":inh", "3" : "itc-pro:*-ālis", "id" : "adjectivizing suffix", "title" : "-ālis", "pos" : "suffix" }, "lang_name" : "Latin", "term" : "-ālis", "lang" : "la" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Old French", "term" : "-el", "lang" : "fro" }, { "is_duplicate" : true, "children" : [ ], "id" : "adjectivizing suffix", "status" : { "1" : "la", "2" : ":inh", "3" : "itc-pro:*-ālis", "id" : "adjectivizing suffix", "title" : "-ālis", "pos" : "suffix" }, "lang_name" : "Latin", "term" : "-ālis", "lang" : "la" } ], "keyword" : "bor" } ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Middle English", "term" : "-al", "lang" : "enm" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "English", "term" : "-al", "lang" : "en" } ], "keyword_label" : "From", "is_group" : true, "keyword" : "affix" } ], "lang_name" : "English", "term" : "equivocal", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "en" }, { "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "id" : "-ness", "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "id" : "-ness", "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "id" : "-ness", "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "id" : "-ness", "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "id" : "denominative", "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "alt" : "*-in-", "lang_name" : "Proto-Germanic", "status" : "ok", "children" : [ ], "lang" : "gem-pro" }, { "id" : "verbal", "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "id" : "suf", "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "id" : "collective nouns", "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "id" : "collective nouns", "children" : [ ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Proto-Indo-European", "term" : "*-h₂", "lang" : "ine-pro", "pos" : "suffix originally used to form collective nouns, extended in Late PIE to also be a marker of feminine gender" } ], "keyword_label" : "From", "keyword" : "from" } ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Proto-Indo-European", "term" : "*-éh₂", "lang" : "ine-pro" }, { "id" : "intransitive verbs", "children" : [ ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Proto-Indo-European", "term" : "*-yéti", "lang" : "ine-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "From", "is_group" : true, "keyword" : "affix" } ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Proto-Indo-European", "term" : "*-eh₂yéti", "lang" : "ine-pro" }, { "id" : "factitive verb", "children" : [ ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Proto-Indo-European", "term" : "*-h₂ti", "lang" : "ine-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Proto-Germanic", "term" : "*-ōną", "lang" : "gem-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "From", "is_group" : true, "keyword" : "affix" } ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Proto-Germanic", "term" : "*-inōną", "lang" : "gem-pro" }, { "id" : "-ness", "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "id" : "verbal", "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "id" : "verbal", "children" : [ ], "status" : "redlink", "lang_name" : "Proto-Indo-European", "term" : "*-dyé-", "lang" : "ine-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Proto-Germanic", "term" : "*-atjaną", "lang" : "gem-pro" }, { "id" : "nominative", "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "id" : "action noun", "children" : [ ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Proto-Indo-European", "term" : "*-tus", "lang" : "ine-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Proto-Germanic", "term" : "*-þuz", "lang" : "gem-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "From", "keyword" : "from" } ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Proto-Germanic", "term" : "*-assuz", "lang" : "gem-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "From", "is_group" : true, "keyword" : "affix" } ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Proto-Germanic", "term" : "*-inassuz", "lang" : "gem-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Proto-West Germanic", "term" : "*-nassī", "lang" : "gmw-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Old English", "term" : "-nes", "lang" : "ang" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Middle English", "term" : "-nesse", "lang" : "enm" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "lang_name" : "English", "term" : "-ness", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "en" } ], "keyword_label" : "From", "is_group" : true, "keyword" : "affix" } ], "lang_name" : "English", "term" : "equivocalness", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "en" }" data-lang="en" data-title="equivocalness"> From equivocal + -ness., {{ety|en|:af|equivocal|-ness|text=+|tree=1}} Etymology tree Proto-Italic *aikʷos? Old Latin aiquos Latin aequus Latin -i- Proto-Indo-European *wekʷ-der. Proto-Indo-European *wokʷ-der. Latin vocō Proto-Indo-European *-ós Proto-Indo-European *-os Proto-Indo-European *-ós Proto-Indo-European *-ós Proto-Indo-European *-ós Proto-Indo-European *-ós Proto-Indo-European *-os Proto-Italic *-os Archaic Latin -os Latin -us Latin -vocus Late Latin aequivocus Proto-Indo-European *h₂el- Proto-Indo-European *-is Proto-Indo-European *h₂élisder.? Proto-Italic *-ālis Latin -ālislbor. Old French -albor. ▲ Latin -ālis Old French -elbor. ▲ Latin -ālisbor. Middle English -al English -al English equivocal Proto-Germanic *-in- Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂yéti Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ti Proto-Germanic *-ōną Proto-Germanic *-inōną Proto-Indo-European *-dyé- Proto-Germanic *-atjaną Proto-Indo-European *-tus Proto-Germanic *-þuz Proto-Germanic *-assuz Proto-Germanic *-inassuz Proto-West Germanic *-nassī Old English -nes Middle English -nesse English -ness English equivocalness From equivocal + -ness. Head templates: {{en-noun|-}} equivocalness (uncountable)
  1. The state of being equivocal; ambiguity Tags: uncountable Synonyms: equivocality Related terms: equivocation
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    [
      "*aikʷos",
      "Reconstruction:Proto-Italic/aikʷos"
    ],
    [
      "aiquos",
      "aiquos#Latin"
    ],
    [
      "aequus",
      "aequus#Latin"
    ],
    [
      "-i-",
      "-i-#Latin"
    ],
    [
      "*wekʷ-",
      "Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-European/wekʷ-"
    ],
    [
      "*wokʷ-",
      "Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-European/wṓkʷs#Proto-Indo-European:_speech"
    ],
    [
      "vocō",
      "voco#Latin"
    ],
    [
      "*-ós",
      "Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-European/-ós#Proto-Indo-European:_possessive"
    ],
    [
      "*-os",
      "Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-European/-os#Proto-Indo-European:_thematic"
    ],
    [
      "*-ós",
      "Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-European/-ós#Proto-Indo-European:_possessive"
    ],
    [
      "*-ós",
      "Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-European/-ós#Proto-Indo-European:_o-grade"
    ],
    [
      "*-ós",
      "Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-European/-ós#Proto-Indo-European:_e-grade"
    ],
    [
      "*-ós",
      "Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-European/-ós#Proto-Indo-European:_vrddhi"
    ],
    [
      "*-os",
      "Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-European/-os#Proto-Indo-European:_thematic"
    ],
    [
      "*-os",
      "Reconstruction:Proto-Italic/-os"
    ],
    [
      "-os",
      "-os#Latin:_second_declension_suffix"
    ],
    [
      "-us",
      "-us#Latin:_deverbal_adjective"
    ],
    [
      "-vocus",
      "-vocus#Latin"
    ],
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      "aequivocus",
      "aequivocus#Latin"
    ],
    [
      "*h₂el-",
      "Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-European/h₂el-#Proto-Indo-European:_grow"
    ],
    [
      "*-is",
      "Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-European/-is"
    ],
    [
      "*-ālis",
      "Reconstruction:Proto-Italic/-ālis"
    ],
    [
      "-ālis",
      "-alis#Latin:_adjectivizing_suffix"
    ],
    [
      "-al",
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    ],
    [
      "-ālis",
      "-alis#Latin:_adjectivizing_suffix"
    ],
    [
      "-el",
      "-el#Old_French:_adjective"
    ],
    [
      "-ālis",
      "-alis#Latin:_adjectivizing_suffix"
    ],
    [
      "-al",
      "-al#Middle_English:_adjectival_suffix"
    ],
    [
      "-al",
      "-al#English:_adjectival_suffix"
    ],
    [
      "equivocal",
      "equivocal#English"
    ],
    [
      "*-h₂",
      "Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-European/-h₂#Proto-Indo-European:_collective_nouns"
    ],
    [
      "*-éh₂",
      "Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-European/-éh₂#Proto-Indo-European:_collective_nouns"
    ],
    [
      "*-yéti",
      "Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-European/-yéti#Proto-Indo-European:_intransitive_verbs"
    ],
    [
      "*-eh₂yéti",
      "Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-European/-eh₂yéti#Proto-Indo-European:_suf"
    ],
    [
      "*-h₂ti",
      "Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-European/-h₂ti#Proto-Indo-European:_factitive_verb"
    ],
    [
      "*-ōną",
      "Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/-ōną#Proto-Germanic:_verbal"
    ],
    [
      "*-inōną",
      "Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/-inōną#Proto-Germanic:_denominative"
    ],
    [
      "*-dyé-",
      "Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-European/-dyé-#Proto-Indo-European:_verbal"
    ],
    [
      "*-atjaną",
      "Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/-atjaną#Proto-Germanic:_verbal"
    ],
    [
      "*-tus",
      "Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-European/-tus#Proto-Indo-European:_action_noun"
    ],
    [
      "*-þuz",
      "Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/-þuz#Proto-Germanic:_nominative"
    ],
    [
      "*-assuz",
      "Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/-assuz#Proto-Germanic:_-ness"
    ],
    [
      "*-inassuz",
      "Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/-inassuz#Proto-Germanic:_-ness"
    ],
    [
      "*-nassī",
      "Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/-nassī#Proto-West_Germanic:_-ness"
    ],
    [
      "-nes",
      "-nes#Old_English:_-ness"
    ],
    [
      "-nesse",
      "-nesse#Middle_English:_-ness"
    ],
    [
      "-ness",
      "-ness#English"
    ],
    [
      "equivocal",
      "equivocal#English"
    ],
    [
      "-ness",
      "-ness#English"
    ]
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      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": ":af",
        "3": "equivocal",
        "4": "-ness",
        "text": "+",
        "tree": "1"
      },
      "expansion": "Etymology tree\nProto-Italic *aikʷos?\nOld Latin aiquos\nLatin aequus\nLatin -i-\nProto-Indo-European *wekʷ-der.\nProto-Indo-European *wokʷ-der.\nLatin vocō\nProto-Indo-European *-ós\nProto-Indo-European *-os\nProto-Indo-European *-ós\nProto-Indo-European *-ós\nProto-Indo-European *-ós\nProto-Indo-European *-ós\nProto-Indo-European *-os\nProto-Italic *-os\nArchaic Latin -os\nLatin -us\nLatin -vocus\nLate Latin aequivocus\nProto-Indo-European *h₂el-\nProto-Indo-European *-is\nProto-Indo-European *h₂élisder.?\nProto-Italic *-ālis\nLatin -ālislbor.\nOld French -albor.\n▲\nLatin -ālis\nOld French -elbor.\n▲\nLatin -ālisbor.\nMiddle English -al\nEnglish -al\nEnglish equivocal\nProto-Germanic *-in-\nProto-Indo-European *-h₂\nProto-Indo-European *-éh₂\nProto-Indo-European *-yéti\nProto-Indo-European *-eh₂yéti\nProto-Indo-European *-h₂ti\nProto-Germanic *-ōną\nProto-Germanic *-inōną\nProto-Indo-European *-dyé-\nProto-Germanic *-atjaną\nProto-Indo-European 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  "pos": "noun",
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    ],
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    ],
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    ],
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      "Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/-þuz#Proto-Germanic:_nominative"
    ],
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      "Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/-assuz#Proto-Germanic:_-ness"
    ],
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      "Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/-inassuz#Proto-Germanic:_-ness"
    ],
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      "expansion": "equivocalness (uncountable)",
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  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
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      "word": "equivocation"
    }
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        "English entries with etymon",
        "English entries with incorrect language header",
        "English lemmas",
        "English nouns",
        "English terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *h₂el- (grow)",
        "English terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *wekʷ-",
        "English terms suffixed with -ness",
        "English uncountable nouns",
        "Pages using etymon with no ID",
        "Pages with 1 entry",
        "Pages with entries",
        "Pages with etymology trees",
        "Pages with etymon"
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        "The state of being equivocal; ambiguity"
      ],
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          "equivocal",
          "equivocal"
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          "ambiguity"
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        {
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}

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