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  • 21Deviation — (Roget s Thesaurus) < N PARAG:Deviation >N GRP: N 1 Sgm: N 1 deviation deviation Sgm: N 1 swerving swerving &c. >V. Sgm: N 1 obliquation| obliquation| warp refraction Sgm: N 1 flection flection flexion …

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  • 22detour — I noun alternate route, by pass, by passage, circuitous route, deflection, departure, deviation, deviation from a direct course, digression, diversion, excursion, indirect path, loop, roundabout course, temporary route, wrong course associated… …

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  • 23tack — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. thumbtack, carpet tack, etc.; nail; change of course, yaw, veer; route, course, path; food, fare. v. change course or direction; yaw; zigzag; baste. See connection, direction, deviation. II (Roget s… …

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  • 24deviation — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) Turning away Nouns deviation; swerving, warp, refraction; deflection, declination; diversion, divergence, digression, excursion, departure from, aberration; zigzag; siding; detour, bypass, byroad,… …

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  • 25deviate from the truth — I verb alter one s course, deceive, depart from a norm, digress, diverge, drift, fabricate, fake, go astray, lie, maunder, meander, mislead, misrepresent, misstate, prevaricate, skew, stray, struggle, swerve, take a different course, wander II… …

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  • 26deviating from the norm — I verb alter one s course, depart from a norm, digress, diverge, drift, go astray, maunder, meander, skew, slew, straggle, stray, swerve, take a different course, wander II index irregular (not usual) Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton.… …

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  • 27deviate — I. v. n. 1. Digress, diverge, deflect, veer, tack, wheel, turn aside, alter one s course, wheel about. 2. Err, stray, swerve, wander, go astray, go out of one s way, lose one s way. 3. Differ, vary, diverge. II. v. a. Turn aside, cause to deviate …

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  • 28veer — vɪr /vɪə v. change direction, swerve, turn about, alter one s course …

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  • 29veered — vɪr /vɪə v. change direction, swerve, turn about, alter one s course …

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  • 30veering — vɪr /vɪə v. change direction, swerve, turn about, alter one s course …

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