Synonyms of the word

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.

abnormality

• n. The state or quality of being abnormal; variation; irregularity.
• n. Something abnormal; an aberration; an abnormal occurrence or feature.

deflection

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

deflexion

• n. Britain spelling of deflection.

departure

• n. The act of departing or something that has departed.
• n. A deviation from a plan or procedure.
• n. (euphemistic) A death.
• n. (navigation) The distance due east or west made by a ship in its course reckoned in plane sailing as the…
• n. (law) The desertion by a party to any pleading of the ground taken by him in his last antecedent pleading,…
• n. (obsolete) Division; separation; putting away.

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.

difference

• n. (uncountable) The quality of being different.
• n. (countable) A characteristic of something that makes it different from something else.
• n. (countable) A disagreement or argument.
• n. (countable, uncountable) Significant change in or effect on a situation or state.
• n. (countable) The result of a subtraction; sometimes the absolute value of this result.
• n. (obsolete) Choice; preference.
• n. (heraldry) An addition to a coat of arms to distinguish two people's bearings which would otherwise be…
• n. (logic) The quality or attribute which is added to those of the genus to constitute a species; a differentia.
• v. (transitive) To distinguish or differentiate.

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.

divergence

• n. The degree to which two or more things diverge.
• n. (obsolete) disagreement; difference.
• n. The process in which two or more populations accumulate genetic changes (mutations) through time.

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…

erroneousness

• n. The state of being in error; the quality of being erroneous.

error

• n. (uncountable) The state, quality, or condition of being wrong.
• n. (countable) A mistake; an accidental wrong action or a false statement not made deliberately.
• n. (computing, countable) A failure to complete a task, usually involving a premature termination.
• n. (statistics, countable) The difference between a measured or calculated value and a true one.
• n. (baseball, countable) A play which is scored as having been made incorrectly.
• n. (appellate law, uncountable) One or more mistakes in a trial that could be grounds for review of the judgement.
• n. Any alteration in the DNA chemical structure occurring during DNA replication, recombination or repairing.
• v. (computing) To function improperly due to an error, especially accompanied by error message.
• v. (telecommunications) To show or contain an error or fault.
• v. (nonstandard) To err.

fluctuation

• n. A motion like that of waves; a moving in this and that direction.
• n. A wavering; unsteadiness.
• n. In medicine, a wave-like motion or undulation of a fluid in a natural or abnormal cavity (e.g. pus in…

irregularity

• n. (countable) An instance of being irregular.
• n. (uncountable) The state or condition of being irregular, or the extent to which something is irregular.
• n. (countable) An object or event that is not regular or ordinary.
• n. (countable) A violation of rules.
• n. (euphemistic) Irregular bowel movement (e.g. diarrhea or constipation).

statistic

• adj. Alternative form of statistical.
• n. A single item in a statistical study.
• n. A quantity calculated from the data in a sample, which characterises an important aspect in the sample…
• n. A person, or personal event, reduced to being an item of statistical information.

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.

variation

• n. The act of varying; a partial change in the form, position, state, or qualities of a thing.
• n. A related but distinct thing.
• n. (nautical) The angular difference at the vessel between the direction of true north and magnetic north…
• n. (board games) A line of play that differs from the original.
• n. (music) A technique where material is repeated with alterations to the melody, harmony, rhythm, timbre,…
• n. (genetics) The modification of a hereditary trait.