divergence from moral conduct, rectitude, etc.; immorality, dishonesty, or the like.
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an instance of such divergence.
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mental perversity.
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an instance of mental perversity.
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an inclination or a degree of inclination.
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a confusing or obscure statement or passage of writing, esp. one deliberately made obscure.
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Also called obliquity of the ecliptic.Astronomy. the angle between the plane of the earth's orbit and that of the earth's equator, equal to 23°27'; the inclination of the earth's equator.
[Origin: 1375–1425; late ME obliquitee < MF obliquite < L oblīquitās, equiv. to oblīqu(us) oblique+ -itās-ity]
A deviation from a vertical or horizontal line, plane, position, or direction.
The angle or extent of such a deviation.
A mental deviation or aberration.
Immoral conduct.
Obscurity in conduct or verbal expression: "It may be that the candor of contemporary literature creates a nostalgia for indirection, obliquity and deferral"(Anatole Broyard).
An obscure statement.
A mental deviation or aberration.
Immoral conduct.
Obscurity in conduct or verbal expression: "It may be that the candor of contemporary literature creates a nostalgia for indirection, obliquity and deferral"(Anatole Broyard).
An obscure statement.
Obscurity in conduct or verbal expression: "It may be that the candor of contemporary literature creates a nostalgia for indirection, obliquity and deferral"(Anatole Broyard).
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. 2. Deviation from ordinary rules; irregularity; deviation from moral rectitude. To disobey [God] . . . imports a moral obliquity. --South.
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