Definition for OB-LI-QUA'TION

OB-LI-QUA'TION, n. [L. obliquo, from obliquus, oblique.]

  1. Declination from a straight line or course; a turning to one side; as, the obliquation of the eyes. Newton.
  2. Deviation from moral rectitude.

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