noun

the use of ambiguous language to conceal the truth or to avoid committing oneself; prevarication.

I say this without equivocation

prevarication,vagueness,qualification,ambiguity,uncertainty,ambivalence,indecision,doubt,beating about the bush,evasion,dodging,hedging,fudging,doublespeak,fencing,parrying,vacillation,shilly-shallying,cavilling,wavering,quibbling,quibble,temporizing,hesitation,stalling (for time),shuffling,humming and hawing,pussyfooting (around),waffle,waffling,weasel words,flannel,paltering,tergiversation