n.; pl.Obliquities [ L. obliquitas: cf. F. obliquité. ] 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. [ 1913 Webster ]
2. Deviation from ordinary rules; irregularity; deviation from moral rectitude. [ 1913 Webster ]
To disobey [ God ] . . . imports a moral obliquity. South. [ 1913 Webster ]