deviation

noun

Definition of deviationnext
as in divergence
a turning away from a course or standard a memoir that was discovered to contain numerous deviations from fact

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“Deviation.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/deviation. Accessed 8 Feb. 2023.

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