The state or result of having deviated; a transgression; an act of sin; an error; an offense.
A detour to one side of the originally-planned flightpath (for instance, to avoid weather); the act of making such a detour.
A detour in a road or railway.
The act of deviating; wandering off the correct or true path or road.
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.
The shortest distance between the center of the target and the point where a projectile hits or bursts.
A departure from the correct way of acting.
For interval variables and ratio variables, a measure of difference between the observed value and the mean.
The signed difference between a value and its reference value.
The act of varying; a partial change in the form, position, state, or qualities of a thing.
Deviation from the mean orbit of a heavenly body.
The angular difference at the vessel between the direction of true north and magnetic north.
A related but distinct thing.
A line of play that differs from the original.
The modification of a hereditary trait.
A technique where material is repeated with alterations to the melody, harmony, rhythm, timbre, texture, counterpoint or orchestration; but with some invariant characteristic, e.g. a ground bass.