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Ob*lique"ness, n. Quality or state
of being oblique.

Ob*liq"ui*ty, 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.

2. Deviation from ordinary rules;
irregularity; deviation from moral rectitude.

To disobey [God] . . . imports a moral
obliquity.

Ob"lite (?), a. [L. oblitus, p.
p. pf oblinere to besmear.] Indistinct; slurred
over. [Obs.] "Obscure and oblite mention."
Fuller.

Ob*lit"er*ate (?), v. t. [imp.
& p. p. Obliterated (?); p. pr. & vb.
n. Obliterating.] [L. obliteratus, p. p. of
obliterare to obliterate; ob (see Ob-) +
litera, littera, letter.


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