- Act of going off at a tangent - Ad-lib - Deviation - The act of digressing or deviating, esp. from the main
subject of a discourse; hence, a part of a discourse deviating from its
main design or subject. - A turning aside from the right path; transgression;
offense. - The elongation, or angular distance from the sun; --
said chiefly of the inferior planets.
- The act or state of bending downward; inclination; as,
declination of the head. - The act or state of falling off or declining from
excellence or perfection; deterioration; decay; decline. - The act of deviating or turning aside; oblique motion;
obliquity; withdrawal. - The act or state of declining or refusing; withdrawal;
refusal; averseness. - The angular distance of any object from the celestial
equator, either northward or southward. - The arc of the horizon, contained between the vertical
plane and the prime vertical circle, if reckoned from the east or west,
or between the meridian and the plane, reckoned from the north or
south. - The act of inflecting a word; declension. See Decline,
v. t., 4.
- Lucky way of scoring a goal - The act of turning aside, or state of being turned
aside; a turning from a right line or proper course; a bending, esp.
downward; deviation. - The deviation of a shot or ball from its true course. - A deviation of the rays of light toward the surface of
an opaque body; inflection; diffraction. - The bending which a beam or girder undergoes from its
own weight or by reason of a load.