The act of deviating; wandering off the correct or true path or road. / A departure from the correct way of acting.

plural of deviation

Of, pertaining to, involving or inclining toward some form of deviation.

(sociology) A person with deviant behaviour; a deviant, degenerate or pervert.

(intransitive) To go off course from; to change course; to change plans. / (intransitive, figuratively) To fall outside of, or part from, some norm; to stray. / (transitive) To cause to diverge.

present participle of deviate

Third-person singular simple present indicative form of deviate

plural of deviate

simple past tense and past participle of deviate

That which deviates, or causes deviation