noun
- The act of twisting or deforming the shape of something (e. G., yourself.
- synonyms: deformation
- A tortuous and twisted shape or position.
- usage: "they built a tree house in the tortuosities of its boughs"; "the acrobat performed incredible contortions"
- synonyms: tortuosity, tortuousness, torsion, crookedness
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