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from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun The condition or quality of being indirect; obliquity; unfairness; dishonesty.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • noun The quality or state of being indirect; obliquity; deviousness; crookedness.
  • noun Deviation from an upright or straightforward course; unfairness; dishonesty.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • noun The condition of being indirect

from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

  • noun having the characteristic of lacking a true course toward a goal

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