Deviating and Deviate

noun

• A person whose behavior deviates from what is acceptable especially in sexual behavior.
  • synonyms: pervert, deviant, degenerate

verb

• Turn aside; turn away from.
  • synonyms: divert
• Be at variance with; be out of line with.
  • synonyms: vary, diverge, depart
• Cause to turn away from a previous or expected course.
  • usage: "The river was deviated to prevent flooding"

adjective

• Markedly different from an accepted norm.
  • usage: "aberrant behavior"; "deviant ideas"
  • synonyms: aberrant, deviant

• (v.t.) To cause to deviate.
• (v.i.) To go out of the way; to turn aside from a course or a method; to stray or go astray; to err; to digress; to diverge; to vary.