Synonyms for Hedging

Equivocation
chicane chicanery dodging equivocation evasion	fencing hairsplitting hedging parrying	pettifoggery prevarication pussyfooting quibbling	shifting shuffling subterfuge weasel word

Exception
abjuration allowance assuage cession charter circumscription concession	exception exemption franchise grant hedge hedging immunity	liberty license limitation modification permission privilege recantation	reservation restriction salvo special case special treatment specification waiver

Thoroughness
aforethought assiduity calculation canniness carefulness caution compunction	deliberateness deliberation diligence discretion forethought hedge	hedging heed hesitation industry judiciousness pains	painstaking prudence reluctance solicitude thoroughness thoughtfulness

Prevarication
dodging equivocation exaggeration fairy tale falsehood falsity	fib fiction fish story flam flimflam ghost story	hedging lie mendacity perjury prevarication quibbling	story tale tall story untruth white lie yarn