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

The practices and academic disciplines of civic leaders, activists, involved citizens and professionals to improve various aspects of local communities.

(idiomatic, humorous) An expression sometimes used when a person mentioned in the current conversation happens to arrive on the scene.

(said of a country) Not primitive; not third-world. / Mature. / Containing man-made structures such as roads, sewers, electric lines, buildings, and so on. / Having useful or necessary infrastructure.

simple past tense and past participle of develop

A medium-sized carnivorous marsupial (Sarcophilus harrisii) found exclusively on the island of Tasmania.

to give one's time, focus one's efforts, commit oneself, etc. entirely for, on, or to a certain matter / to consign over; to doom / to execrate; to curse

(obsolete) devoted; addicted; devout

To eat quickly, greedily, hungrily, or ravenously. / To rapidly destroy, engulf, or lay waste. / To take in avidly with the intellect or with one's gaze.

(computing) A simple wireless object that unobtrusively presents information.