ambiguity Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun an expression whose meaning cannot be determined from its context
  2. noun unclearness by virtue of having more than one meaning
    equivocalness.

WordNet

Am`bi*gu"i*ty noun
Etymology
L. ambiguitas, fr. ambiguus: cf. F. ambiguité.
Wordforms
plural Ambiguities
Definitions
  1. 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.

Webster 1913