deviation: meaning and definitions

An abnormality; a departure: "Vice was a deviation from our nature” ( Henry Fielding).

The act of deviating or turning aside.

Deviant behavior or attitudes.

Divergence from an accepted political policy or party line.

Deflection of a compass needle caused by local magnetic influence, especially on a ship.

Statistics The difference, especially the absolute difference, between one number in a set and the mean of the set.