deviate
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(verb) turn aside; turn away from |
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Synonyms: divert |
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Related Words: depart, detour, digress, sidetrack, straggle, stray, turn, yaw |
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(verb) cause to turn away from a previous or expected course; "The river was deviated to prevent flooding" |
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Related Words: divert, perturb, shunt |
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(verb) be at variance with; be out of line with |
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Synonyms: depart, diverge, vary |
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Related Words: belie, contradict, differ, negate |
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Antonyms: conform |
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| 4. |
(verb) turn aside |
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Synonyms: deflect |
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Related Words: turn |
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(noun) a person whose behavior deviates from what is acceptable especially in sexual behavior |
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Synonyms: degenerate, deviant, pervert |
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Related Words: bugger, child molester, lecher, masochist, miscreant, molester, nympho, nymphomaniac, paederast, pederast, pedofile, reprobate, sadist, sadomasochist, satyr, sod, sodomist, sodomite |
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