The action of divagating; a wandering or straying away or about: deviation; digression.

Inclination or bias in a certain direction; occasionally deviation from a course of action. Obsolete (in later use Scottish).

figurative. Divergence from any course, method, rule, standard, etc.; with a and plural, an instance of this. (The earliest and most frequent sense.)…

Of things immaterial.

In extended and figurative uses. A departure from some state or standard. Obsolete.

The action or an act of departing from some state, standard, or mindset; disaffiliation from an association, agreement, etc. Also: an instance of…

figurative and in figurative contexts and extended uses of senses 3 4. gen. An act of departing from a sphere of action, a departure.

figurative. Departure from. Obsolete. rare.

= exorbitance, n. 1. Now rare. Also, †an irrational opinion.

Divergence or aberration from the prescribed or ordinary track; eccentricity, irregularity, anomaly, or an instance of these. Also, aberration of…

Deviation from the usual path or track; an instance of the same.

A diversion or departure from a recognized course, standard, or norm; an aberration. Also: the quality or condition of being aberrant; deviation…

A diversion or departure from a recognized course, standard, or norm; an aberration.

A deviation or departure from something.

transferred and figurative. Withdrawal, divergence, deviation (from a path, course, standard, etc.).

The action of revolting or recoiling from something; an instance of this. Now rare.