noun
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The act of deviating; wandering off the correct or true path or road
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A departure from the correct way of acting
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The state or result of having deviated; a transgression; an act of sin; an error; an offense.
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mankind’s deviation from divine will
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(contract law) 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.
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(Absolute Deviation) The shortest distance between the center of the target and the point where a projectile hits or bursts.
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For interval variables and ratio variables, a measure of difference between the observed value and the mean.
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The signed difference between a value and its reference value.