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deviate

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deviate in WordNet English dictionary

adjective
  1. markedly different from an accepted norm
    "aberrant behavior"; "deviant ideas"
    aberrant  deviant  deviate 
noun
  1. a person whose behavior deviates from what is acceptable especially in sexual behavior
    pervert  deviant  deviate  degenerate 
verb
  1. be at variance with; be out of line with
    deviate  vary  diverge  depart 
  2. turn aside; turn away from
    deviate  divert 
  3. cause to turn away from a previous or expected course
    "The river was deviated to prevent flooding"
    deviate 
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