Obliquity
Pronunciation : Ob*liq"ui*ty
Part of Speech : n.;
Etymology : [L. obliquitas: cf. F. obliquit?.]
Definition : 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.
pl. Obliquities.
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913