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OBLIQUITY
deceptiveness, obliquity
(noun) the quality of being deceptive
asynclitism, obliquity
(noun) the presentation during labor of the head of the fetus at an abnormal angle
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
obliquity (countable and uncountable, plural obliquities)
The quality of being oblique in direction, deviating from the horizontal or vertical; or the angle created by such a deviation. [from 15th c.]
(astronomy, by extension, of a planet) Axial tilt.
Mental or moral deviation or perversity; immorality. [from 15th c.]
The quality of being obscure, oftentimes willfully, sometimes as an exercise in euphemism. [from 17th c.]
Synonyms
• (quality of being oblique): obliqueness
Source: Wiktionary
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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