An act of turning aside from one's course; a roundabout course, a detour. Also: (occasionally) the action of turning aside, deviation. Also figurative…

A round-about journey or course; a detour.

A circuit; a roundabout or circuitous course.

The action of deviating or turning from a course, etc.; straying. Obsolete.

Wandering beyond due or prescribed limits; an extravagance.

A wandering beyond bounds or out of one's course; vagrancy; an instance of this. Obsolete.

A going out of the usual path; an excursion, digression. Also, the position or fact of erring from (a prescribed path). literal and figurative. Obs…

The action of deviating; turning aside from a path or track; swerving, deflection.

The action of outstep, v.; an instance of this.

A road, lane, way, etc., on the left; (also) a left turn. Frequently in to take a left.

A turning or deviation from the direct road; a roundabout or circuitous way, course, or proceeding. In 18th cent. mostly figurative.