Associations to the word «Deviate»
Noun
- Bounce
- Impairment
- Breadth
- Parameter
- Spacer
- Lenin
- Obstruction
- Timetable
- Orthodoxy
- Compass
- Original
- Adherence
- Swap
- Nash
- Mal
- Asthma
- Sanction
- Tendency
- Batsman
- Rand
- Reluctance
- Adversary
- Guideline
- Bowler
- Drilling
- Storyline
- Ordinance
- Unity
- Stalin
- Verb
- Logging
- Fell
- Spin
- Ideal
- Islam
- Sphere
- Bend
- Criterion
- Plot
- Judaism
- Doctrine
- Approximation
- Compromise
- Wavelength
- Virtue
- Usage
- Error
- Predecessor
- Cavity
- Utterance
- Conduct
- Registration
- Orthodox
- Ideology
- Protocol
- Cent
- Defiance
- Canon
- Frequency
- Rejection
- Fantasy
Adjective
Wiktionary
DEVIATE, noun. (sociology) A person with deviant behaviour; a deviant, degenerate or pervert.
DEVIATE, noun. (statistics) A value equal to the difference between a measured variable factor and a fixed or algorithmic reference value.
DEVIATE, verb. (intransitive) To go off course from; to change course; to change plans.
DEVIATE, verb. (intransitive) To fall outside of, or part from, some norm; to stray.
Dictionary definition
DEVIATE, noun. A person whose behavior deviates from what is acceptable especially in sexual behavior.
DEVIATE, verb. Turn aside; turn away from.
DEVIATE, verb. Be at variance with; be out of line with.
DEVIATE, verb. Cause to turn away from a previous or expected course; "The river was deviated to prevent flooding".
DEVIATE, adjective. Markedly different from an accepted norm; "aberrant behavior"; "deviant ideas".
Wise words
Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary
meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the
truants in custody and bring them back to their right
senses.