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deviation

noun

Synonyms and Antonyms of deviation

a turning away from a course or standard

  • a memoir that was discovered to contain numerous deviations from fact
Synonyms of deviation

deflection, departure, detour, divagation, divergence, divergency, diversion
Words Related to deviation

regression, retrogression, reversion
Near Antonyms of deviation

adherence

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