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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)

Ambiguity \Am`bi*gu"i*ty\, n.; pl. {Ambiguities}. [L.
ambiguitas, fr. ambiguus: cf. F. ambiguit['e].]
The quality or state of being ambiguous; doubtfulness or
uncertainty, particularly as to the signification of
language, arising from its admitting of more than one
meaning; an equivocal word or expression.

No shadow of ambiguity can rest upon the course to be
pursued. --I. Taylor.

The words are of single signification, without any
ambiguity. --South.

From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)

ambiguity
n 1: an expression whose meaning cannot be determined from its
context
2: unclearness by virtue of having more than one meaning [syn:
{equivocalness}] [ant: {unambiguity}, {unambiguity}]


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