synonym deviation
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 deflection, departure, detour, divergence, divagation, divergency, diversionRelated Words regression, retrogression, reversionNear Antonyms adherence.
4. Statistics The difference, especially the absolute difference, between one number in a set of data and the mean of that set of data. deâ²viÂ·aâ²tionÂ·ism n. deâ²viÂ·aâ²tionÂ·ist adj. & n. Synonyms: deviation, aberration, divergence. These nouns mean a departure from what is prescribed or expected: tolerates no deviation from the rules; an act that represented an aberration from his usual behavior; a doctrine seen as a divergence from previous beliefs.