Synonyms of the word

deflection

• n. The act of deflecting or something deflected.
• n. The deviation of a needle or other indicator from its previous position.

aberrance

• n. State of being aberrant; a wandering from the right way; deviation from truth, rectitude.

aberrancy

• n. The condition of being aberrant; an aberrance.
• n. (geometry) The deviation of a curve from circular form.

aberration

• n. The act of wandering; deviation from truth, moral rectitude; abnormal; divergence from the straight, correct,…
• n. (optics) The convergence to different foci, by a lens or mirror, of rays of light emanating from one and…
• n. (astronomy) A small periodical change of position in the stars and other heavenly bodies, due to the combined…
• n. A partial alienation of reason.
• n. A mental disorder, especially one of a minor or temporary character.
• n. (zoology, botany) Atypical development or structure; deviation from the normal type; an aberrant organ.
• n. (medicine) A deviation of a tissue, organ or mental functions from what is considered to be within the…

bend

• v. (transitive) To cause (something) to change its shape into a curve, by physical force, chemical action,…
• v. (intransitive) To become curved.
• v. (transitive) To cause to change direction.
• v. (intransitive) To change direction.
• v. (intransitive) To be inclined; to direct itself.
• v. (intransitive, usually with "down") To stoop.
• v. (intransitive) To bow in prayer, or in token of submission.
• v. (transitive) To force to submit.
• v. (intransitive) To submit.
• v. (transitive) To apply to a task or purpose.
• v. (intransitive) To apply oneself to a task or purpose.
• v. (transitive) To adapt or interpret to for a purpose or beneficiary.
• v. (transitive, nautical) To tie, as in securing a line to a cleat; to shackle a chain to an anchor; make…
• v. (transitive, music) To smoothly change the pitch of a note.
• v. (intransitive, nautical) To swing the body when rowing.
• n. A curve.
• n. Any of the various knots which join the ends of two lines.
• n. (in the plural, medicine, diving, with the) A severe condition caused by excessively quick decompression,…
• n. (heraldry) One of the honourable ordinaries formed by two diagonal lines drawn from the dexter chief to…
• n. (obsolete) Turn; purpose; inclination; ends.
• n. In the leather trade, the best quality of sole leather; a butt.
• n. (mining) Hard, indurated clay; bind.
• n. (nautical, in the plural) The thickest and strongest planks in a ship's sides, more generally called wales,…
• n. (nautical, in the plural) The frames or ribs that form the ship's body from the keel to the top of the…
• n. (music) A glissando, or glide between one pitch and another.

bending

• v. present participle of bend.
• n. A motion or action that bends.

deflexion

• n. Britain spelling of deflection.

deviance

• n. (sociology) Actions or behaviors that violate formal and informal cultural norms such as laws and customs.
• n. A person or thing that differs from the expected.

deviation

• n. The act of deviating; a wandering from the way; variation from the common way, from an established rule,…
• n. The state or result of having deviated; a transgression; an act of sin; an error; an offense.
• n. (contract law) The voluntary and unnecessary departure of a ship from, or delay in, the regular and usual…
• n. (Absolute Deviation) The shortest distance between the center of the target and the point where a projectile…
• n. (statistics) For interval variables and ratio variables, a measure of difference between the observed…
• n. (metrology) The signed difference between a value and its reference value.

digression

• n. A departure from the subject, course, or idea at hand; an exploration of a different or unrelated concern.

divagation

• n. Straying off from a course or way.
• n. (medicine) Incoherent or wandering speech and thought.

diversion

• n. (military) A tactic used to draw attention away from the real threat or action.
• n. A hobby; an activity that distracts the mind.
• n. The act of diverting.
• n. Removal of water via a canal.
• n. (transport) A detour, such as during road construction.
• n. (transport) The rerouting of cargo or passengers to a new transshipment point or destination, or to a…
• n. (law) Officially halting or suspending a formal criminal or juvenile justice proceeding and referral of…

motion

• n. (uncountable) A state of progression from one place to another.
• n. (countable) A change of position with respect to time.
• n. (physics) A change from one place to another.
• n. (countable) A parliamentary action to propose something.
• n. (obsolete) An entertainment or show, especially a puppet show.
• n. (philosophy) from κίνησις; any change. Traditionally of four types: generation and corruption, alteration,…
• n. Movement of the mind, desires, or passions; mental act, or impulse to any action; internal activity.
• n. (law) An application made to a court or judge orally in open court. Its object is to obtain an order or…
• n. (euphemistic) A movement of the bowels; the product of such movement.
• n. (music) Change of pitch in successive sounds, whether in the same part or in groups of parts. (Conjunct…
• n. (obsolete) A puppet, or puppet show.
• v. To gesture indicating a desired movement.
• v. (proscribed) To introduce a motion in parliamentary procedure.
• v. To make a proposal; to offer plans.

movement

• n. Physical motion between points in space.
• n. (engineering) A system or mechanism for transmitting motion of a definite character, or for transforming…
• n. The impression of motion in an artwork, painting, novel etc.
• n. A trend in various fields or social categories, a group of people with a common ideology who try together…
• n. (music) A large division of a larger composition.
• n. (aviation) An instance of an aircraft taking off or landing.
• n. (baseball) The deviation of a pitch from ballistic flight.
• n. An act of emptying the bowels.
• n. (obsolete) Motion of the mind or feelings; emotion.

refraction

• n. (physics) The turning or bending of any wave, such as a light or sound wave, when it passes from one medium…
• n. (metallurgy) The degree to which a metal or compound can withstand heat.

turn

• v. (heading) Non-linear physical movement.
• v. (heading, intransitive) To change condition or attitude.
• v. (obsolete, reflexive) To change one's course of action; to take a new approach.
• v. (transitive, usually with over) To complete.
• v. (transitive, soccer) Of a player, to go past an opposition player with the ball in one's control.
• v. To undergo the process of turning on a lathe.
• v. (obstetrics) To bring down the feet of a child in the womb, in order to facilitate delivery.
• v. (printing, dated) To invert a type of the same thickness, as a temporary substitute for any sort which…
• v. (archaic) To translate.
• n. A change of direction or orientation.
• n. A movement of an object about its own axis in one direction that continues until the object returns to…
• n. A single loop of a coil.
• n. A chance to use (something) shared in sequence with others.
• n. The time allotted to a person in a rota or schedule.
• n. One's chance to make a move in a game having two or more players.
• n. A figure in music, often denoted ~, consisting of the note above the one indicated, the note itself, the…
• n. (also turnaround) The time required to complete a project.
• n. A fit or a period of giddiness.
• n. A change in temperament or circumstance.
• n. (cricket) A sideways movement of the ball when it bounces (caused by rotation in flight).
• n. (poker) The fourth communal card in Texas hold 'em.
• n. (poker, obsolete) The flop (the first three community cards) in Texas hold 'em.
• n. A deed done to another.
• n. (rope) A pass behind or through an object.
• n. Character; personality; nature.
• n. (soccer) An instance of going past an opposition player with the ball in one's control.
• n. (circus) A short skit, act, or routine.

turning

• n. (Britain) A turn or deviation from a straight course.
• n. (field hockey) At hockey, a foul committed by a player attempting to hit the ball who interposes their…
• n. The shaping of wood or metal on a lathe.
• n. The act of turning.
• n. (plural only) Shavings produced by turning something on a lathe.
• v. present participle of turn.

warp

• n. (uncountable) The state, quality, or condition of being twisted, physically or mentally.
• n. (countable) A distortion.
• n. (weaving) The threads that run lengthwise in a woven fabric; crossed by the woof or weft.
• n. (figuratively) The foundation, the basis, the undergirding.
• n. (nautical) A line or cable or rode as is used in warping (mooring or hauling) a ship, and sometimes for…
• n. A theoretical construct that permits travel across a medium without passing through it normally, such…
• n. A situation or place which is or seems to be from another era; a time warp.
• n. The sediment which subsides from turbid water; the alluvial deposit of muddy water artificially introduced…
• n. (obsolete outside dialects) A throw or cast, as of fish (in which case it is used as a unit of measure:…
• v. To twist or become twisted, physically or mentally.
• v. (transitive, intransitive, obsolete, ropemaking) To run (yarn) off the reel into hauls to be tarred.
• v. (transitive) To arrange (strands of thread, etc) so that they run lengthwise in weaving.
• v. (transitive, intransitive, rare, obsolete, figuratively) To plot; to fabricate or weave (a plot or scheme).
• v. (transitive, rare, obsolete, poetic) To change or fix (make fixed, for example by freezing).
• v. To move.
• v. (transitive, intransitive, obsolete outside dialects, of an animal) To bring forth (young) prematurely.
• v. (transitive, intransitive, agriculture) To fertilize (low-lying land) by letting the tide, a river, or…
• v. (transitive, very rare, obsolete) To throw.