abweichen — meaning in English
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English meaning
- deflect verb To cause something to change direction, usually by bouncing or glancing off.
- depart verb To leave a place, especially to begin a journey.
- deviate verb To move away from a planned course, method, or expected standard.
- deviation noun A departure from an expected, planned, or normal course of action.
- differ verb To be unlike something else in one or more ways.
- diverge verb To run apart; to separate; to tend into different directions.
- diversion noun Something done to distract attention from what is really happening.
- straggle verb To stray, rove, or wander from a normal course and others of its kind.
Senses
abweichen is used for these senses in English:
- deflect (psychology) To redirect culpability to avoid it.
- depart (intransitive, figurative) To disappear, vanish; to cease to exist.
- depart (intransitive) To deviate (from), be different (from), fail to conform.
- deviation The state or result of having deviated; a transgression; an act of sin; an error; an offense.
- differ (intransitive) Not to have the same traits or characteristics; to be unalike or distinct.
- diverge (intransitive, figuratively, of interests, opinions, or anything else) To become different; to run apart; to separate; to tend into different directions.
- diversion The act of diverting.
- straggle (intransitive) To stray, rove, or wander from a normal course and others of its kind.
deflect — full definition
- verb To cause something to change direction, usually by bouncing or glancing off.
- verb To avoid dealing directly with a question, criticism, or blame.
depart — full definition
- verb To leave a place, especially to begin a journey.
- verb To differ from or move away from a plan, rule, or usual way of doing something.