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 .
Similar sounding terms: dif·fu·sion di·vi·sion
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