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   De·vi·ate

   verb

   • 1. depart from an established course: "you must not deviate from the agreed route"
   • ▪ depart from usual or accepted standards: "those who deviate from society's values"

   noun

   • 1. another term for deviant dated

   adjective

   • 1. departing from usual or accepted standards; deviant: dated "their deviate behavior"

   Word Origin mid 16th century (as an adjective in the sense ‘remote’): from late Latin deviat- ‘turned out of the way’, from the verb deviare, from de- ‘away from’ + via ‘way’. The verb dates from the mid 17th century.

   Derivatives

   • 1. deviator noun

   Scrabble Points: 11

   • D

     2

   • E

     1

   • V

     4

   • I

     1

   • A

     1

   • T

     1

   • E

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