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Inorthography :: Inorthography (n.) Deviation from correct orthography; bad spelling.

Heterochrony :: Heterochrony (n.) In evolution, a deviation from the typical sequence in the formation of organs or parts..

Eccentricity :: Eccentricity (n.) The state of being eccentric; deviation from the customary line of conduct; oddity.

Drift :: Drift (n.) A deviation from the line of fire, peculiar to oblong projectiles..

Dishonesty :: Dishonesty (n.) Violation of trust or of justice; fraud; any deviation from probity; a dishonest act.

Error :: Error (n.) A departing or deviation from the truth; falsity; false notion; wrong opinion; mistake; misapprehension.

Deflection :: Deflection (n.) A deviation of the rays of light toward the surface of an opaque body; inflection; diffraction.

Correct :: Correct (v. t.) To bring back, or attempt to bring back, to propriety in morals; to reprove or punish for faults or deviations from moral rectitude; to chastise; to discipline; as, a child should be corrected for lying..

Aberration :: Aberration (n.) The convergence to different foci, by a lens or mirror, of rays of light emanating from one and the same point, or the deviation of such rays from a single focus; called spherical aberration, when due to the spherical form of the lens or mirror, such form giving different foci for central and marginal rays; and chromatic aberration, when due to different refrangibilities of the colored rays of the spectrum, those of each color having a distinct focus..

Yaw :: Yaw (n.) A movement of a vessel by which she temporarily alters her course; a deviation from a straight course in steering.

Deviation :: Deviation (n.) The voluntary and unnecessary departure of a ship from, or delay in, the regular and usual course of the specific voyage insured, thus releasing the underwriters from their responsibility..

Variation :: Variation (n.) The act of varying; a partial change in the form, position, state, or qualities of a thing; modification; alternation; mutation; diversity; deviation; as, a variation of color in different lights; a variation in size; variation of language..

Vice :: Vice (n.) A moral fault or failing; especially, immoral conduct or habit, as in the indulgence of degrading appetites; customary deviation in a single respect, or in general, from a right standard, implying a defect of natural character, or the result of training and habits; a harmful custom; immorality; depravity; wickedness; as, a life of vice; the vice of intemperance..

Lapse :: Lapse (n.) A slip; an error; a fault; a failing in duty; a slight deviation from truth or rectitude.

Exorbitancy :: Exorbitancy (n.) A going out of or beyond the usual or due limit; hence, enormity; extravagance; gross deviation from rule, right, or propriety; as, the exorbitances of the tongue or of deportment; exorbitance of demands..

Latitude :: Latitude (n.) Extent or breadth of signification, application, etc.; extent of deviation from a standard, as truth, style, etc..

Misprint :: Misprint (n.) A mistake in printing; a deviation from the copy; as, a book full of misprints..

Turning :: Turning (n.) Deviation from the way or proper course.

Driftage :: Driftage (n.) Deviation from a ship's course due to leeway.

Iniquity :: Iniquity (n.) Absence of, or deviation from, just dealing; want of rectitude or uprightness; gross injustice; unrighteousness; wickedness; as, the iniquity of bribery; the iniquity of an unjust judge..

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