deviance

from WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)

deviance
    n 1: a state or condition markedly different from the norm [syn:
         {aberrance}, {aberrancy}, {aberration}, {deviance}]
    2: deviate behavior [syn: {deviation}, {deviance}]

from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

deviance \deviance\ n.
   1. an aberrant state or condition.

   Syn: aberrance, aberrancy, aberration.
        [WordNet 1.5]

   2. deviate behavior.

   Syn: deviation.
        [WordNet 1.5]

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