Main entry: divagation, diversion, deviation, digression, deflection, deflexion
Definition: a turning aside (of your course or attention or concern)
Usage: a diversion from the main highway; a digression into irrelevant details; a deflection from his goal
Main entry: deviance, deviation
Definition: deviate behavior
Main entry: deviation
Definition: the error of a compass due to local magnetic disturbances
Main entry: deviation
Definition: the difference between an observed value and the expected value of a variable or function
Main entry: departure, deviation, difference, divergence
Definition: a variation that deviates from the standard or norm
Usage: the deviation from the mean