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Synonyms for deviate

Collins Thesaurus of the English Language – Complete and Unabridged 2nd Edition. 2002 © HarperCollins Publishers 1995, 2002

Synonyms for deviate

to turn away from a prescribed course of action or conduct

to turn aside, especially from the main subject in writing or speaking

to change the direction or course of

one whose sexual behavior differs from the accepted norm

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Synonyms for deviate

a person whose behavior deviates from what is acceptable especially in sexual behavior

be at variance with

cause to turn away from a previous or expected course

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markedly different from an accepted norm

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After this, the investigation officer was summoned to record his statement - once again deviating from the understanding.
Either way, ATC will have to watch you, and anyone else deviating around the storm, because you're not on any specific route--their workload will increase significantly, and if a lot of airplanes are in the area, ATC may be reluctant to issue a simple "fly around it" clearance.
Riyadh, Rabi'II 17, 1436, February 06, 2015, SPA -- The Grand Mufti of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia and President of Council of Senior Scholars and General Presidency of Scholarly Research and Ifta, Sheikh Abdulaziz bin Abdullah Al Al-Sheikh said that we are afflicted at this time by deviating groups which are the enemies of Islam and Muslims even though they claim that they are Muslims.
"The most important goal pursued by the world arrogance in creating Takfiri and extremist groups is that they want to present a harsh face of Islam and spread Islamophobia in the world in addition to deviating the public opinion from the Palestinian issue," it added.
Global Banking News-March 1, 2012--Volcker warns banks in Abu Dhabi against deviating from basic banking(C)2012 ENPublishing - http://www.enpublishing.co.uk
Brand-Ballard distinguishes, "between invalidating legal rules and deviating from valid legal rules." He defends, not conclusively, his theory from the charge of "judicial activism." His position would have been more persuasive if he had deployed appropriate metaphysical and objectively moral bases for his position.
A section of party leaders have begun asking whether the party is deviating from its Marxist ideology while trying to tackle the rebels.
Hamid pointed out that aid groups deviating from the humanitarian work would be expelled in accordance with the law as it is a legitimate right of the government.
Standardized controls and procedures force managers to think carefully about deviating from the process.
Since our opponents like to run the option against us, we have been forced to look for some kind of adjustment that would enable us to defend these teams without making any drastic changes or deviating from our "alignment sound" football principles.
Unfortunately, in deviating from proven OECD and U.S.
Two weeks later, the residents are still talking about the "pasta ball" and the great time they had deviating from their usual dining routine.
This ambitious and venturesome book -- dedicated to and drawing on but also deviating from the work of Hans Blumenberg -- is an inter- (or super-) disciplinary study of the transformation of Western scientific thought from a pre- to a post-modern orientation, focusing on our modern interlude.