a going back; a retreat; withdrawal.

a diverging from a common point in different direction; divergence.

a keeping or moving aside.

the act, fact or the process of spending time.

a process, condition or period of decline, as in the status, position or fortune.

a deviation from the normal path; a departure from what is right, true, correct, etc.; aberration.

(phys.) non-convergence of rays, owing to a) difference in refractability of different colours; chromatic aberration; b) difference of focus of the marginal and central parts of a lens or mirror; spherical aberration.

(astron.) an apparent displacement of a star owing to the finite ratio of the velocity of light to that of the earth.

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