About The Word Deviate
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Deviate
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What's The Definition Of Deviate?
[n] a person whose behavior deviates from what is acceptable especially in sexual behavior
[v] turn aside [v] turn aside; turn away from [v] cause to turn away from a previous or expected course; "The river was deviated to prevent flooding" [v] be at variance with; be out of line with Synonyms | Synonyms for Deviate: deflect | degenerate | depart | deviant | diverge | divert | pervert | vary Related Terms | Find terms related to Deviate: alter | ameliorate | angle | angle off | be changed | be converted into | be distinct | be distinguished | be in error | be mistaken | be renewed | be wrong | bear off | bend | bias | bottom out | branch off | break | bypass | change | change the bearing | checker | chop | chop and change | clash with | come about | come around | come round | conflict with | contrast with | crook | curve | deflect | degenerate | depart | depart from | deteriorate | detour | deviant | deviate from | differ | diffract | diffuse | digress | disaccord with | disagree with | disperse | distort | divagate | divaricate | divaricate from | diverge | diverge from | diversify | divert | dogleg | drift | err | excurse | fall into error | flop | get sidetracked | go amiss | go around | go astray | go awry | go round about | go wrong | hairpin | haul around | heel | improve | jar with | jibe | lapse | make a detour | maunder | meliorate | misbelieve | miscalculate | mitigate | modulate | mutate | not accord with | not square with | oblique | pervert | pull | ramble | refract | revive | scatter | serve Mammon | sex criminal | sex fiend | sexual deviant | sexual deviate | sexual pervert | sexual psychopath | sheer | shift | skew | slip | slip up | slue | stand apart | stand over against | stray | stumble | sway | swerve | tack | take a turn | trend | trip | turn | turn aside | turn away | turn into | turn the corner | twist | undergo a change | vary | veer | wander | warp | worsen | zigzag See Also | aberrate | belie | bugger | child molester | contradict | depart | detour | differ | digress | fetishist | lecher | masochist | miscreant | negate | nympho | nymphomaniac | paederast | paedophile | pederast | pedophile | perturb | reprobate | sadist | sadomasochist | satyr | shunt | sidetrack | sod | sodomist | sodomite | straggle | stray | turn | yaw Deviate In Webster's Dictionary \De"vi*ate\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Deviated}; p. pr. &
vb. n. {Deviating}.] [L. deviare to deviate; de + viare to
go, travel, via way. See {Viaduct}.]
To go out of the way; to turn aside from a course or a
method; to stray or go astray; to err; to digress; to
diverge; to vary.
Thus Pegasus, a nearer way to take, May boldly deviate
from the common track. --Pope.
Syn: To swerve; stray; wander; digress; depart; deflect; err.
\De"vi*ate\, v. t. To cause to deviate. [R.] To deviate a needle. --J. D. Forbes. |
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