deviance

About 1.97 uses per million words.

Meaning

1. noun Actions or behaviors that violate formal and informal cultural norms such as laws and customs.

   Socrates was sentenced to death for his deviance.

2. noun A person or thing that differs from the expected. (Can we add an example for this sense?)

Similar words

aberrance aberration aberrancy deviation deflection diversion misappropriation departure variance gap

Often followed by

and is in from as of are or that

Word family

deviances