Deviation
Nouns
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deviation
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swerving etc. v.
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obliquation, warp, refraction
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flection, flexion
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sweep
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deflection, deflexure
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declination. diversion, digression, depart from, aberration
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divergence etc. [Motion further off.] Divergence
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zigzag
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detour etc. (circuit) Circuit
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divagation. [Desultory motion] wandering etc. v.
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vagrancy, evagation
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bypaths and crooked ways
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byroad. [Motion sideways, oblique motion] sidling etc. v.
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knight's move at chess.
Verbs
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alter one's course, deviate, depart from, turn, trend
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bend, curve etc. Curvature
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swerve, heel, bear off
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gybe, wear. intervert
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deflect
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divert, divert from its course
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put on a new scent, shift, shunt, draw aside, crook, warp. stray, straggle
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sidle
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diverge etc. [Motion further off.] Divergence
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tralineate
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digress, wander
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wind, twist, meander
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veer, tack
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divagate
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sidetrack
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turn aside, turn a corner, turn away from
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wheel, steer clear of
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ramble, rove, drift
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go astray, go adrift
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yaw, dodge
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step aside, ease off, make way for, shy. fly off at a tangent
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glance off
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wheel about, face about
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turn to the right about, face to the right about
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waddle etc. (oscillate) [Reciprocating motion, motion to and fro.] Oscillation
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go out of one's way etc. (perform a circuit) Circuit
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lose one's way.
Adjectives
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deviating etc. v.
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aberrant, errant
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excursive, discursive
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devious, desultory, loose
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rambling
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stray, erratic, vagrant, undirected, circuitous, indirect, zigzag
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crab-like.
Adverbs
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astray from, round about, wide of the mark
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to the right about
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all manner of ways
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circuitously etc. Circuit. obliquely, sideling, like the move of the knight on a chessboard.