Word Meanings - DEVIATION - Book Publishers vocabulary database

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. Deviation of a falling body , that deviation

Additional info about word: DEVIATION

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. Deviation of a falling body , that deviation from a strictly vertical line of descent which occurs in a body falling freely, in consequence of the rotation of the earth. -- Deviation of the compass, the angle which the needle of a ship's compass makes with the magnetic meridian by reason of the magnetism of the iron parts of the ship. -- Deviation of the line of the vertical, the difference between the actual direction of a plumb line and the direction it would have if the earth were a perfect ellipsoid and homogeneous, -- caused by the attraction of a mountain, or irregularities in the earth's density. (more info) 1. The act of deviating; a wandering from the way; variation from the common way, from an established rule, etc.; departure, as from the right course or the path of duty. 2. The state or result of having deviated; a transgression; an act of sin; an error; an offense.

Possible synonyms: (Same meaning words of DEVIATION)

• Aberration
• Wandering
• divergence
• deviation
• desultoriness
• rambling
• disconnectedness
• hallucination
• inconsecutiveness
• idiocy
• insanity
• exception
• abnormity
• Deflection
• Deviation
• alienation
• swerving
• incurvation
• curvity
• falcation
• Divarication
• digression
• diversion
• Diversion
• Detour
• recreation
• amusement
• pastime
• sport
• enjoyment
• Variation
• alteration
• mutation
• diversity
• departure
• change
• discrepancy

Possible antonyms: (opposite words of DEVIATION)

• Conserve
• retain
• stabilitate
• fix
• clinch
• stand
• endure
• last
• hold

Related words: (words related to DEVIATION)

• FALCATION
  The state of being falcate; a bend in the form of a sickle. Sir T. Browne.
• VARIATION
  Change of termination of words, as in declension, conjugation, derivation, etc. (more info) 1. The act of varying; a partial change in the form, position, state, or qualities of a thing; modification; alternation; mutation; diversity; deviation;
• CHANGEFUL
  Full of change; mutable; inconstant; fickle; uncertain. Pope. His course had been changeful. Motley. -- Change"ful*ly, adv. -- Change"ful*ness, n.
• MUTATION
  Change; alteration, either in form or qualities. The vicissitude or mutations in the superior globe are no fit matter for this present argument. Bacon.
• WANDERMENT
  The act of wandering, or roaming. Bp. Hall.
• DEPARTURE
  The desertion by a party to any pleading of the ground taken by him in his last antecedent pleading, and the adoption of another. Bouvier. (more info) 1. Division; separation; putting away. No other remedy . . . but absolute departure. Milton.
• RETAINMENT
  The act of retaining; retention. Dr. H. More.
• EXCEPTIONER
  One who takes exceptions or makes objections. Milton.
• STANDARD
  The proportion of weights of fine metal and alloy established by authority. By the present standard of the coinage, sixty-two shillings is coined out of one pound weight of silver. Arbuthnot. (more info) extendere to spread out, extend,
• ABERRATION
  A small periodical change of position in the stars and other heavenly bodies, due to the combined effect of the motion of light and the motion of the observer; called annual aberration, when the observer's motion is that of the earth in its orbit,
• STANDPOINT
  A fixed point or station; a basis or fundamental principle; a position from which objects or principles are viewed, and according to which they are compared and judged.
• ALTERATION
  1. The act of altering or making different. Alteration, though it be from worse to better, hath in it incoveniences. Hooker. 2. The state of being altered; a change made in the form or nature of a thing; changed condition. Ere long might perceive
• PASTIME
  That which amuses, and serves to make time pass agreeably; sport; amusement; diversion.
• STANDPIPE
  A vertical pipe, open at the top, between a hydrant and a reservoir, to equalize the flow of water; also, a large vertical pipe, near a pumping engine, into which water is forced up, so as to give it sufficient head to rise to the required level
• ENDUREMENT
  Endurance. South.
• WANDEROO
  A large monkey native of Malabar. It is black, or nearly so, but has a long white or gray beard encircling the face. Called also maha, silenus, neelbhunder, lion-tailed baboon, and great wanderoo. Note: The name is sometimes applied also to other
• CHANGEABLY
  In a changeable manner.
• SPORTLESS
  Without sport or mirth; joyless.
• RAMBLINGLY
  In a rambling manner.
• SPORTING
  Of pertaining to, or engaging in, sport or sporrts; exhibiting the character or conduct of one who, or that which, sports. Sporting book, a book containing a record of bets, gambling operations, and the like. C. Kingsley. -- Sporting house, a house
• SCRAMBLING
  Confused and irregular; awkward; scambling. -- Scram"bling*ly, adv. A huge old scrambling bedroom. Sir W. Scott.
• DISPORT
  Play; sport; pastime; diversion; playfulness. Milton.
• TRANSMUTATIONIST
  One who believes in the transmutation of metals or of species.
• BYSTANDER
  One who stands near; a spectator; one who has no concern with the business transacting. He addressed the bystanders and scattered pamphlets among them. Palfrey. Syn. -- Looker on; spectator; beholder; observer.
• INTERMUTATION
  Interchange; mutual or reciprocal change.
• FORWANDER
  To wander away; to go astray; to wander far and to weariness.
• MISTRANSPORT
  To carry away or mislead wrongfully, as by passion. Bp. Hall.
• REEXCHANGE
  To exchange anew; to reverse .
• AGAINSTAND
  To withstand.
• BRAMBLING
  The European mountain finch ; -- called also bramble finch and bramble.
• TRANSPORTING
  That transports; fig., ravishing. Your transporting chords ring out. Keble.
• EXCHANGE EDITOR
  An editor who inspects, and culls from, periodicals, or exchanges, for his own publication.
• COUNTERCHANGED
  Having the tinctures exchanged mutually; thus, if the field is divided palewise, or and azure, and cross is borne counterchanged, that part of the cross which comes on the azure side will be or, and that on the or side will be azure. (more info)