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Deviance

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aberrationnounThe act of wandering; deviation from truth, moral rectitude; abnormal; divergence from the straight, correct, proper, normal, or from the natural state.
deviationnounA departure from the correct way of acting.
aberrancynounThe condition of being aberrant; an aberrance.
aberrancenounState of being aberrant; a wandering from the right way; deviation from truth, rectitude.

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aberrancenounState of being aberrant; a wandering from the right way; deviation from truth, rectitude.
aberrationnounThe act of wandering; deviation from truth, moral rectitude; abnormal; divergence from the straight, correct, proper, normal, or from the natural state.
aberrancynounThe condition of being aberrant; an aberrance.
deviationnounA departure from the correct way of acting.
deflectionnounThe act of deflecting or something deflected.
diversionnounA hobby; an activity that distracts the mind.
misappropriationnounThe wrongful, fraudulent or corrupt use of other's funds in one's care.
departurenounThe act of departing or something that has departed.
variancenounA difference between what is expected and what is observed; deviation.
gapnounAn opening in anything made by breaking or parting.
offsetnounAnything that acts as counterbalance; a compensating equivalent.
definingServing to define or distinguish.
driftnoun(physical) Movement; that which moves or is moved.
anomalynounA deviation from a rule or from what is regarded as normal; an outlier.
divergencenounThe state or degree of being divergent: of diverging.
irregularitynoun(uncountable) The state or condition of being irregular, or the extent to which something is irregular.
abnormalitynounSomething abnormal; an aberration; an abnormal occurrence or feature.
perversitynounThe quality of being perverse.
depravitynoun(uncountable) The state or condition of being depraved; moral debasement.
delinquencynounMisconduct.

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