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• a turning aside (of your course or attention or concern)

  synonym	deflexiondeviationdigressiondivagationdiversion
  derivation	deflectdeflect
  hypernym	turnturning
  hyponym	red herring

• the property of being bent or deflected

  synonym	bendingdeflexion
  hypernym	physical property
  hyponym	refractivenessrefractivitywind deflectionwindage

• the amount by which a propagating wave is bent

  synonym	deflexionrefraction
  hypernym	bendbending

• the movement of the pointer or pen of a measuring instrument from its zero position

  synonym	deflexion
  hypernym	motionmovement

• a twist or aberration; especially a perverse or abnormal way of judging or acting

  synonym	warp
  hypernym	aberranceaberrancyaberrationdeviance