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the act of deviating from a vertical position an inclination to do something; "he felt leanings toward frivolity" resting against a support unerect a natural inclination; "he has a proclivity for exaggeration" departing or being caused to depart from the true vertical or horizontal; "the leaning tower of Pisa"; "the headstones were tilted" inclined the property possessed by a line or surface that departs from the vertical; "the tower had a pronounced tilt"; "the ship developed a list to starboard"; "he walked with a heavy inclination to the right" |
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