Ob-lĭq'ui-ty, n.
(ob-lĭk'wĭ-ty̆), n. [Lat. obliquitas, Fr. obliquité, Sp. oblicuidad, It. obliquità.]
Sense 1. The condition of being oblique; deviation from a right line; deviation from parallelism or perpendicularity; as, the obliquity of the ecliptic to the equator.
Sense 2. Deviation from moral rectitude.
To disobey God, or oppose his will in any thing, imports a moral obliquity. South.
Sense 3. Deviation from ordinary rules; irregularity.