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The definition of ambiguity is vagueness or a lack of clarity.

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An example of ambiguity is when a person answers a question in a way that indicates he is not giving all of the details.

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See ambiguity in Webster's New World College Dictionary

noun

the quality or state of being ambiguous
pl. ambiguities an ambiguous word, statement, etc.

Origin: ME ambiguite < L ambiguitas

See ambiguity in American Heritage Dictionary 4

noun pl. am·bi·gu·i·ties

Doubtfulness or uncertainty as regards interpretation: “leading a life of alleged moral ambiguity” (Anatole Broyard).
Something of doubtful meaning: a poem full of ambiguities.

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