D defs.my
Entry 1 sense Webster, 1913

Ambiguity

/ămˌ-bĭg-yo͞o'-ət-ē/ · Am·bi·gu·i·ty · IPA /æm.bɪˈɡjuː.ɪ.ti/
01 n. The quality or state of being ambiguous; doubtfulness or uncertainty, particularly as to the signification of language, arising from its ad…
pl. Ambiguities
  1. 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.