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1. Turn aside; turn away from
   - divert
    
2. Be at variance with; be out of line with
   - vary, diverge, depart
    
3. Cause to turn away from a previous or expected course
   "The river was deviated to prevent flooding"

1. A person whose behaviour deviates from what is acceptable especially in sexual behaviour
   - pervert, deviant, degenerate

1. Markedly different from an accepted norm
   "deviate behaviour"
   - aberrant, deviant

Derived forms: deviated, deviating, deviates

See also: abnormal, deviance, deviation, unnatural

Type of: differ, divert, miscreant, reprobate, turn

Antonym: conform

Encyclopedia: Deviate