Thesaurus: obliquity

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1. n. 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. n. Deviation from ordinary rules; irregularity; deviation from moral rectitude.
3. n. the presentation during labor of the head of the fetus at an abnormal angle
4. n. the quality of being deceptive
5. 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.
6. n:100 n the presentation during labor of the head of the fetus at an abnormal angle n the quality of being deceptive