Deviation from a course thought to be right or proper; transgression of a law or code; an instance of this. Now rare (archaic in later use).

Divergence from right conduct or thought; perversity, aberration; an instance of this, a fault, an error.

The action of falling or slipping into sin or error; a state of irrecoverable or complete sinfulness.

The quality of being oblique or slanting, obliquity; indirectness.

figurative. Formerly sometimes absol. = Deviation from rectitude, moral declension, or going astray.

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