deviate - Definition | Dictionary definition of deviate

Definition of deviate

turn aside; turn away from

Types:: show 4 types...; hide 4 types...; yaw
deviate erratically from a set course; hunt
yaw back and forth about a flight path; detour
travel via a detour; depart, digress, sidetrack, straggle
wander from a direct or straight course

be at variance with; be out of line with

Types:: aberrate
diverge or deviate from the straight path; produce aberration; aberrate
diverge from the expected; belie, contradict, negate
be in contradiction with

cause to turn away from a previous or expected course

"The river was deviated to prevent flooding"

Types:: perturb
cause a celestial body to deviate from a theoretically regular orbital motion, especially as a result of interposed or extraordinary gravitational pull; perturb
disturb or interfere with the usual path of an electron or atom; shunt
provide with or divert by means of an electrical shunt

Type of:: divert
send on a course or in a direction different from the planned or intended one

a person whose behavior deviates from what is acceptable especially in sexual behavior

Types:: show 10 types...; hide 10 types...; fetishist
one who engages in fetishism (especially of a sexual nature); masochist
someone who obtains pleasure from receiving punishment; flagellant
a person who is whipped or whips himself for sexual gratification; nympho, nymphomaniac
a woman with abnormal sexual desires; child molester, paederast, pederast
a man who has sex (usually sodomy) with a boy as the passive partner; paedophile, pedophile
an adult who is sexually attracted to children; sadist
someone who obtains pleasure from inflicting pain or others; sadomasochist
someone who enjoys both sadism and masochism; lech, lecher, letch, satyr
man with strong sexual desires; bugger, sod, sodomist, sodomite
someone who engages in anal copulation (especially a male who engages in anal copulation with another male)

markedly different from an accepted norm

Synonyms:: aberrant, deviant; abnormal, unnatural
not normal; not typical or usual or regular or conforming to a norm