deviation

as in departure
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 28 Mar. 2024.

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