Home › Words › O › obliquationobliquation/ɒblɪˈkweɪʃən/obliquation means the act of becoming oblique; a turning to one side.obliquation is pronounced /ɒblɪˈkweɪʃən/.EtymologyFrom Latin obliquātiō, from obliquō (“to turn obliquely”). See oblique.nounThe act of becoming oblique; a turning to one sidee.g.“the obliquation of the eye” — 1756-1757, Thomas Birch, The History of the Royal Society of London:Deviation from moral rectitudeDefinitions & examples from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0).Words closest in meaningBy meaning, not spelling — each word's AI semantic fingerprint, nearest first.obliquity 74% match — The quality of being oblique in direction, deviating from the horizontal or vertical; or the angle created by such a deviation. vs obliquation →obloquial 66% match — Of or relating to obloquy. vs obliquation →oblique 64% match — Not erect or perpendicular; not parallel to, or at right angles from, the base. vs obliquation →obliquolateral 62% match — oblique and lateral vs obliquation →obversion 60% match — The act of turning toward or downward. vs obliquation →oblatory 58% match — Of or pertaining to oblation; oblational vs obliquation →obtruncation 58% match — The act of lopping or cutting off. vs obliquation →obluctation 57% match — opposition; resistance vs obliquation →