deflection

noun

Synonyms and Antonyms of DEFLECTION

a turning away from a course or standard <a stern father who would not tolerate the slightest deflection from the strict moral code that he imposed on his children>

Synonyms deflection, departure, detour, deviation, divagation, divergency, diversion

Related Words regression, retrogression, reversion

Near Antonyms adherence

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