poikkeaminen — meaning in English
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English meaning
- deviation noun A departure from an expected, planned, or normal course of action.
- digression noun A part of a speech or piece of writing that wanders away from the main topic.
Senses
poikkeaminen is used for these senses in English:
- deviation The state or result of having deviated; a transgression; an act of sin; an error; an offense.
- digression (generally, _, uncountable) The act of straying from the main subject in speech or writing, (rhetoric) particularly for rhetorical effect.
deviation — full definition
- noun A departure from an expected, planned, or normal course of action.
- noun In statistics, a measure of how far a single value differs from the average.
digression — full definition
- noun A part of a speech or piece of writing that wanders away from the main topic.
- noun (rhetoric) A deliberate move away from the main topic, used on purpose for effect.
- noun A wrongdoing, mistake or straying away from what is morally right or from a general rule.
- noun A turning aside from a set course or path.
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