OBLIQUITIES

Noun

obliquities

plural of obliquity

Source: Wiktionary


OBLIQUITY

Ob*liq"ui*ty, n.; pl. Obliquities. Etym: [L. obliquitas: cf. F. obliquité.]

1. The condition of being oblique; deviation from a right line; deviation from parallelism or perpendicularity; the amount of such deviation; divergence; as, the obliquity of the ecliptic to the equator.

2. Deviation from ordinary rules; irregularity; deviation from moral rectitude. To disobey [God]...imports a moral obliquity. South.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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