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paltering
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun paltering has 1 sense
- paltering(n = noun.act) fibbing - a trivial act of lying or being deliberately unclear; Array is a kind of fabrication, lying, prevarication
Derived form verb palter1
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paltering
Equivocalness
N equivocalness, double meaning, ambiguity, double entente, double entendre, pun, paragram, calembour, quibble, equivoque, anagram, conundrum, play on words, word play, homonym, homonymy, amphiboly, amphibology, ambilogy, ambiloquy, Sphinx, Delphic oracle, equivocation, white lie, mental reservation, paltering, equivocal, ambiguous, amphibolous, homonymous, double-tongued, enigmatical, indeterminate, on the one hand, on the other hand.
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