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Contexts Plural for the excess use of words, especially using more than are needed for clarity or precision Plural for evasiveness in speech, talk or writing Plural for the quality of being vague or ambiguous in meaning Plural for a nicer word or expression substituted for one considered to be too harsh or blunt Noun ▲ Plural for the excess use of words, especially using more than are needed for clarity or precision verbosity wordiness verbiage prolixity redundancy verboseness diffuseness garrulity periphrases windiness garrulousness verbalisms logorrhea diffusion wordage tautology pleonasm discursiveness repetition circuitousness gassiness perissology superfluities indirectness convolutedness obliqueness roundaboutness circumambages long-windedness loquaciousness loquacities ramblings copiousness expansiveness redundances logorrhoea rhetoric witterings volubility lengthiness digressiveness talkativeness convolution wanderings gift of the gab waffles paddings blatherings pratings big mouths flannel gabbiness babblings protractedness chattiness prattlings mouthiness prolixness wafflings multiloquence effusiveness word counts hot air rubbish supererogation macrology attrition meanderings floridity nonsense gobbledygook profuseness communicativeness babble prattle glibness chatters chatterings opaqueness obscureness opacity gobbledegook gushings jabbering “Other common strategies used to save face for others include the use of circumlocution and equivocation when criticism of another's performance is unavoidable.” Noun ▲ Plural for evasiveness in speech, talk or writing equivocation shuffles tergiversation hedgings ambiguity equivocality equivoques stonewalls double talk double meanings palterings duplicity waffles doublespeak casuistry cover-ups deceits fallacies flannel deception spuriousness lies coloringUS misrepresentation colouringUK lines dissimulation deceptiveness stalls cons covers indirectness fibbings double entendres amphiboly sophistry delusions amphibologies fibs lyings speciousness wafflings distortion “The politician's speech was filled with circumlocution, as he skillfully dodged answering any direct questions.” Noun ▲ Plural for the quality of being vague or ambiguous in meaning obliqueness ambiguity ambiguousness equivocalness equivocation inscrutability inscrutableness mysteriousness vagueness abstrusenesses impenetrabilities obliquities obscurity opacity complexity incomprehensibility indirectness intricacy nebulosities nebulousness obfuscation obscureness unintelligibility darkness murkiness opaqueness Noun ▲ Plural for a nicer word or expression substituted for one considered to be too harsh or blunt euphemism genteelisms understatement softenings substitutes rewordings synonyms politeness code words weasel words Find more words! 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