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the quality or state of having a veiled or uncertain meaning
  • the ambiguity of the clairvoyant's messages from the deceased allowed the grieving relatives to interpret them however they wished

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The first known use of ambiguity was in the 15th century

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“Ambiguity.” The Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster Inc., https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/ambiguity. Accessed 11 December 2019.

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