1. Cause to turn away from a previous or expected course
   "The river was deviated to prevent flooding";
   - divert
    
2. Be at variance with; be out of line with
   "His opinion deviated from the group consensus";
   - vary, diverge, depart

1. A person whose behaviour deviates from what is acceptable especially in sexual behaviour
   "The community was shocked to learn that a deviate had been living in their neighbourhood";
   - pervert, deviant, degenerate, perv [informal], perve [informal]
    
2. A thing or quantity that deviates from a norm, standard, or central value
   "The quality control team identified several deviates in the production line"; "The researcher calculated the deviates to determine the spread of the data"

1. Markedly different from an accepted norm
   "deviate behaviour";
   - aberrant, deviant

Derived forms: deviating, deviates, deviated

See also: abnormal, unnatural

Type of: differ, direct, miscreant, reprobate, send, turn

Encyclopedia: Deviate