Definition of Deviate
Verb: deviate 'dee-vee,eyt
- Turn aside; turn away from
- divert
- Be at variance with; be out of line with
- vary, diverge, depart
- Cause to turn away from a previous or expected course
"The river was deviated to prevent flooding"
- A person whose behaviour deviates from what is acceptable especially in sexual behaviour
- pervert, deviant, degenerate
- Markedly different from an accepted norm
"deviate behaviour";
- aberrant, deviant
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