n. 25B6; noun
the divergence of the human and ape lineages : SEPARATION, dividing, parting, forking, bifurcation.
a marked political divergence : DIFFERENCE, dissimilarity, variance, disparity; disagreement, incompatibility, mismatch; formal dissimilitude.
divergence from standard behaviour : DEVIATION, digression, departure, shift, straying; variation, change, alteration.