Synonyms for deviation
ˌdi viˈeɪ ʃənde·vi·a·tion

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1. deviation, divergence, departure, differencenoun

   a variation that deviates from the standard or norm

   "the deviation from the mean"

   Synonyms:
   deviance, passing, departure, remainder, exit, difference of opinion, difference, loss, leaving, divergence, deflexion, going, release, digression, disagreement, deflection, diversion, dispute, divagation, variance, expiration, going away, discrepancy, divergency, conflict

2. deviationnoun

   the difference between an observed value and the expected value of a variable or function

   Synonyms:
   deflection, divergence, digression, divagation, deviance, deflexion, diversion, departure, difference

3. deviationnoun

   the error of a compass due to local magnetic disturbances

   Synonyms:
   deflection, divergence, digression, divagation, deviance, deflexion, diversion, departure, difference

4. deviation, deviancenoun

   deviate behavior

   Synonyms:
   deflection, divergence, aberrancy, digression, divagation, deviance, deflexion, aberration, aberrance, diversion, departure, difference

5. diversion, deviation, digression, deflection, deflexion, divagationnoun

   a turning aside (of your course or attention or concern)

   "a diversion from the main highway"; "a digression into irrelevant details"; "a deflection from his goal"

   Synonyms:
   diversionary attack, warp, departure, excursion, difference, parenthesis, excursus, deflexion, deviance, bending, digression, deflection, refraction, diversion, divagation, aside, divergence, recreation

Matched Categories

1. • Abnormality
   • Erroneousness
   • Statistic
   • Statistics
   • Turn
   • Variation

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1. deviationnoun

   Synonyms:
   divergence, departure, depression, divarication, turning, aberration

2. deviationnoun

   Synonyms:
   difference, variation, variance, change, alteration

3. deviationnoun

   Synonyms:
   error, offence, iniquity, sin

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1. deviationnoun

   Synonyms:
   swerving, deflection, digression, divergence

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1. List of paraphrases for "deviation":

   diversion, deflection, variance, gap, detour, derogation, deviance, deviations, departure, discrepancy, difference, divergence, drift, derailment, offset

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1. James Phillips:

   It's important for the American public to understand, and for the folks in politics to understand as well that we are already receiving guidance from the CDC on how to reuse our PPE. That is a deviation from the standard of care. Normally in what we would call conventional care, we would wear a different mask for every single patient, but we're already being asked to use those for multiple patients if not multiple days. That is a significant deviation from the standard. If we had enough equipment, we would wear one mask per patient as it has been recommended for decades.

2. Nic Sam:

   I couldn’t have imagined a more beautiful deviation from the canon game content, i’m replaying the game along with watching the show, and after watching this episode, I just know I’m going to connect even more to Bill emotionally than I did on previous playthroughs.

3. Advocate General Priit Pikamae:

   A passenger biting other passengers and attacking the cabin crew trying to calm him down, resulting in the deviation of a Lisbon-Fortaleza flight to the nearest airport in order to disembark this passenger and his baggage, leading to a flight delay, falls under the concept of extraordinary circumstances.

4. Cobb Scott:

   We looked at everything from learning and memory to different aspects of executive functioning such as abstraction ability, and we basically showed that the largest effects -- which was around a third of a standard deviation -- was in the learning of new information and some aspects of executive functioning, memory and speed of processing.

5. Grovetta Gardineer:

   We expect banks to ... report suspicious activity, for instance an unusual and unexplained spike in clearing activity, that doesn't mean that there's actual money laundering, but it shows a deviation in the pattern that should be looked into.