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Definition of deviation:

  1. The act of deviating; a wandering from the way; variation from the common way, from an established rule, etc.; departure, as from the right course or the path of duty.
  2. The state or result of having deviated; a transgression; an act of sin; an error; an offense.
  3. The voluntary and unnecessary departure of a ship from, or delay in, the regular and usual course of the specific voyage insured, thus releasing the underwriters from their responsibility.

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remainder, tangent, divergency, computational, divergence, excursus, dispute, leaving, expiration, countdown, exit, parenthesis, approximation, diversion, going away, recreation, a world of difference, deflection, good, villainy, aberrancy, disagreement, deviancy, deflexion, excess, divagation, enormity, average, difference, binomial, unnaturalness, warp, excursion, detour, iniquity, calculation, diversionary attack, correct, decadence, algorithm, passing, deflexion, collision, deviance, decimal place, release, usual, preternaturalness, wrong, loss, digression, difference of opinion, irrelevancy, abacus, depravity, departure, aside, approach, sin, algorithm, going, evil, bending, immorality.

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