deflection

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Deflection and diversion sound similar, so it’s worth pausing for clarification.

From Salon • Aug. 4, 2019

Deflection is brilliant, wicked, and tends to work.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 12, 2018

Deflection of the arm required application of a force of 0.019 N per degree to the tip of the handle.

From Nature • Mar. 28, 2017

Andrew Shaw authored the "Shaw-Shin Deflection" with his Game 1 goal in triple overtime.

From Chicago Tribune • Jun. 26, 2013

Deflection from the moral standard set up by each man's conscience, even though his resulting act seem in itself noble, is for him a sin.

From The Origin and Permanent Value of the Old Testament by Kent, Charles Foster