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unequivocal

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un·e·quiv·o·cal  (n-kwv-kl)
adj.
Admitting of no doubt or misunderstanding; clear and unambiguous: an unequivocal success.

une·quivo·cal·ly adv.

unequivocal
Adjective
completely clear in meaning; unambiguous
unequivocally adv
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Adj.1.unequivocalunequivocal - admitting of no doubt or misunderstanding; having only one meaning or interpretation and leading to only one conclusion; "unequivocal evidence"; "took an unequivocal position"; "an unequivocal success"; "an unequivocal promise"; "an unequivocal (or univocal) statement"
unambiguous - having or exhibiting a single clearly defined meaning; "As a horror, apartheid...is absolutely unambiguous"- Mario Vargas Llosa
ambiguous, equivocal - open to two or more interpretations; or of uncertain nature or significance; or (often) intended to mislead; "an equivocal statement"; "the polling had a complex and equivocal (or ambiguous) message for potential female candidates"; "the officer's equivocal behavior increased the victim's uneasiness"; "popularity is an equivocal crown"; "an equivocal response to an embarrassing question"
2.unequivocal - clearly defined or formulated; "the plain and unequivocal language of the laws"- R.B.Taney
explicit, expressed - precisely and clearly expressed or readily observable; leaving nothing to implication; "explicit instructions"; "she made her wishes explicit"; "explicit sexual scenes"

unequivocal
Translations
unequivocal [ʌnɪˈkwɪvəkəl] adj [answer] → inequívoco, claro; [person] → claro
unequivocal [ʌnɪˈkwɪvəkl] adj [answer] → sans équivoque; [person] → catégorique
unequivocal [ʌnɪˈkwɪvəkl] adj [answer] → unzweideutig;
to be unequivocal about sth → eine klare Haltung zu etw haben
unequivocal [ʌnɪˈkwɪvəkəl] adj [answer] → inequivocabile; [person] → esplicito/a, chiaro/a.


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AFTER an unequivocal experience of the inefficacy of the subsisting federal government, you are called upon to deliberate on a new Constitution for the United States of America.
Rebecca herself had fashioned an elaborate tea- cosy with a letter "M" in outline stitch, and a pretty frilled pincushion marked with a "J," for her two aunts, so that taken all together the day would have been an unequivocal success had nothing else happened; but something else did.
Love she did not Betts Shoreham; for that was a passion her temperament and training induced her to wait for some pretty unequivocal demonstrations on the part of the gentleman before she yielded to it; but she LIKED him vastly, and nothing would have been easier than to have blown this smouldering preference into a flame.
 
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