equivocating

• While he stood there equivocating, a double platform arrived and disgorged a porter robot. —  ISAAC ASIMOV'S
• Not content with equivocating, he then goes on to say why the Mumbai attacks might be justified. —  The Jawa Report
• You may elaborate on that statement, provided that your elaboration does not include the words "but," "however," or "although," or any other hedging, equivocating, back-sliding, gerrymandering (which is not at all appropriate in this context, but I think it should be, don't you?) or any other type of backing down from the simple declarative statement with which you began your response. —  so the fish said
• He has made the issue a central component of the campaign - but in a move which can be seen either as nuanced or equivocating, he refused to formally state that he personally supports amalgamating the public and separate systems and only says that the party should debate it at convention. —  rabble.ca - News for the rest of us
• He'll get his day in court; but in the meantime there should be no equivocating, the safety and welfare of our kids must come first.

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