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American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition

  1. n. An equivocal word used to deprive a statement of its force or to evade a direct commitment.

Wiktionary

  1. n. pejorative A word used to qualify a statement so as to make it potentially misleading.
  2. v. To use weasel words.

WordNet 3.0

  1. n. an equivocal qualification; a word used to avoid making an outright assertion

Etymologies

  1. From the weasel's habit of sucking the contents out of an egg without breaking the shell. (American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition)

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  1. hedge

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  1. qualification
  1. reservation
  1. qualifier

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  • whichbe Deliberately misleading or ambiguous elements of language used to avoid making a straightforward statement while simultaneously generating the illusion that a direct, clear form of communication is being utilized. This type of language is used to deceive, distract, or manipulate an audience. (Wikipedia) Jul 25, 2008

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