Being of doubtful signification; capable of being understood in different senses; ambiguous; doubtful: as, an equivocal word, term, or sense; an equivocal answer.
Of doubtful quality, origin, or significance; capable of being ascribed to different motives or causes; suspicious; dubious: as, an equivocal character; equivocal relations; an equivocal reputation.
Equivocating.
Synonyms Doubtful, Ambiguous, etc. (see obscure, a.); indeterminate.
noun.
A word or term of doubtful meaning, or capable of different interpretations.