n.; pl.Obliquities [ 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. [ 1913 Webster ]
2. Deviation from ordinary rules; irregularity; deviation from moral rectitude. [ 1913 Webster ]
To disobey [ God ] . . . imports a moral obliquity. South. [ 1913 Webster ]
Result from Foreign Dictionaries (2 entries found)
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
Obliquity \Ob*liq"ui*ty\, n.; pl. {Obliquities}. [L. obliquitas:
cf. F. obliquit['e].]
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.
[1913 Webster]
2. Deviation from ordinary rules; irregularity; deviation
from moral rectitude.
[1913 Webster]
To disobey [God] . . . imports a moral obliquity.
--South.
[1913 Webster]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
obliquity
n 1: the presentation during labor of the head of the fetus at
an abnormal angle [syn: {asynclitism}, {obliquity}]
2: the quality of being deceptive [syn: {deceptiveness},
{obliquity}]
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