Noun

• S: (n) deflection, warp (a twist or aberration; especially a perverse or abnormal way of judging or acting)
• S: (n) deflection, deflexion, refraction (the amount by which a propagating wave is bent)
• S: (n) deflection, deflexion (the movement of the pointer or pen of a measuring instrument from its zero position)
• S: (n) deflection, deflexion, bending (the property of being bent or deflected)
• S: (n) diversion, deviation, digression, deflection, deflexion, divagation (a turning aside (of your course or attention or concern)) "a diversion from the main highway"; "a digression into irrelevant details"; "a deflection from his goal"
• direct hyponym / full hyponym
• direct hypernym / inherited hypernym / sister term
• S: (n) turn, turning (the act of changing or reversing the direction of the course) "he took a turn to the right"
• S: (n) change of course (a change in the direction that you are moving)
• S: (n) change of direction, reorientation (the act of changing the direction in which something is oriented)
• S: (n) change (the action of changing something) "the change of government had no impact on the economy"; "his change on abortion cost him the election"
• S: (n) action (something done (usually as opposed to something said)) "there were stories of murders and other unnatural actions"
• S: (n) act, deed, human action, human activity (something that people do or cause to happen)
• S: (n) event (something that happens at a given place and time)
• S: (n) psychological feature (a feature of the mental life of a living organism)
• S: (n) abstraction, abstract entity (a general concept formed by extracting common features from specific examples)
• S: (n) entity (that which is perceived or known or inferred to have its own distinct existence (living or nonliving))
• derivationally related form