noun, noun which may take the genitive case particle 'no'
diplomatic language; tactful phrasing
Refers to polite, non-committal, or strategically vague expressions typical of diplomacy, often implying insincerity or mere courtesy. Used as a noun or with の to modify another noun.
彼の返事は外交辞令に過ぎなかった。
His reply was nothing more than a diplomatic nicety.
それは外交辞令的な表現だ。
That's a tactful, diplomatic way of putting it.