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de·vi·a·tion

n :  an act or instance of diverging from an established way or in a new direction: as  a  :  evolutionary differentiation involving interpolation of new stages in the ancestral pattern of morphogenesis  b  :  noticeable or marked departure from accepted norms of behavior .
 
 
 
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