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n. - A turning aside (of your course or attention or concern); The movement of the pointer or pen of a measuring instrument from its zero position; The amount by which a propagating wave is bent.

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  • Anticipation is but a deflexion or declination by accident.
  • In Azaleas a curious deflexion of the parts of the flower may occasionally be met with.
  • Look to sincerity in working, and faith in dependence; God's truth and fidelity will carry him out to give you unconquerable supportment: -- deflexion from these will be...
  • At other times still, a person would raise a hand or gesture in passing, manoeuvres which would in normal contexts seem innocent, yet combined as they were by those other...
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