leaning
adjective
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departing or being caused to depart from the true vertical or horizontalβthe leaning tower of Pisaβatilt
noun
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the act of deviating from a vertical position
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the property possessed by a line or surface that departs from the verticalinclination
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a natural inclinationpropensityproclivity
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an inclination to do somethingβI felt leanings toward frivolity.βpropensitytendency