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deflection
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a turning away from a course or standard a stern father who would not tolerate the slightest deflection from the strict moral code that he imposed on his children Synonyms divergence, departure, detour, deviation, divagation, divergency, diversionRelated Words regression, retrogression, reversionNear Antonyms adherence
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