01 n. The condition of being oblique; deviation from a right line; deviation from parallelism or perpendicularity; the amount of such deviation; …
pl.
Obliquities ((#))
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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.
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2.
Deviation from ordinary rules; irregularity; deviation from moral rectitude.“To disobey [God] . . . imports a moral obliquity.” — South.