slant

Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
slant/slɑːnt/

▶verb

• 1 diverge from the vertical or horizontal; slope or lean.

• 2 (often as adj. slanted) present or view (information) from a particular angle, especially in a biased or unfair way.

▶noun

• 1 a sloping position.

• 2 a point of view.

▶adjective sloping.

– derivatives
slantwise adjective & adverb.

– origin ME: var. of dial. slent, of Scand. origin, prob. influenced by aslant.