Definition for OB-LIQ'UI-TY

OB-LIQ'UI-TY, n. [L. obliquitas; Fr. obliquité.]

  1. Deviation from a right line; deviation from parallelism or perpendicularity; as, the obliquity of the ecliptic to the equator.
  2. Deviation from moral rectitude. To disobey God or oppose his will in any thing imports a moral obliquity. South.
  3. Irregularity; deviation from ordinary rules.

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