Plural of ambiguity; instances where something is unclear, has multiple meanings, or can be interpreted in more than one way.
From Latin ambiguitas, from ambiguus (moving in two directions, uncertain). The word entered English in the 14th century from French.
Ambiguity became a huge concern in medieval logic and theology—scholars spent centuries trying to eliminate ambiguities in biblical interpretation, which accidentally invented many of our rules for clear writing.
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