equivocate (v.)
- alternate
- avoid
- bicker
- boggle
- cavil
- change
- deceive
- dither
- dodge
- duck
- elude
- escape
- eschew
- evade
- exaggerate
- falsify
- fence
- fib
- fluctuate
- hedge
- lie
- mislead
- mystify
- nitpick
- obscure
- oscillate
- palter
- parry
- prevaricate
- pussyfoot
- quibble
- recoil
- shift
- shrink
- shuffle
- shy
- sidestep
- skirt
- swerve
- teeter
- tergiversate
- totter
- vacillate
- vary
- waffle
- waver
- wobble
I am in earnest. I will not equivocate; I will not excuse; I will not retreat a single inch; and I will be heard!
