deviating

Verb

deviate (third-person singular simple present deviates, present participle deviating, simple past and past participle deviated)

1. (intransitive) To go off course from; to change course; to change plans.
   • These two circumstances, however, happening both unfortunately to intervene, our travellers deviated into a much less frequented track; and after riding full six miles, instead of arriving at the stately spires of Coventry, they found themselves still in a very dirty lane, where they saw no...1749, Henry Fielding, The History of Tom Jones, a Foundling

   Synonyms:

   swerve, veer

2. (figuratively, intransitive) To fall outside of, or part from, some norm; to stray.
   • His exhibition of nude paintings deviated from the norm.

   Synonyms:

   stray, wander

3. (transitive) To cause to diverge.

See all 6 meanings of deviate