deflect (v.)
- angle
- anticipate
- arch
- avert
- bar
- bend
- bias
- blunt
- bow
- change
- chill
- cool
- crook
- curl
- curve
- damp
- dampen
- debar
- deter
- deviate
- diffract
- diffuse
- disaffect
- discourage
- dishearten
- disincline
- disperse
- distort
- distract
- divagate
- diverge
- divert
- estop
- exclude
- fend
- flex
- forbid
- foreclose
- forestall
- help
- hook
- hump
- hunch
- incurvate
- indispose
- inflect
- loop
- obviate
- parry
- pivot
- preclude
- prevent
- prohibit
- pull
- quench
- recurve
- reflect
- refract
- repel
- retroflex
- round
- sag
- save
- scatter
- sheer
- shy
- sidetrack
- skew
- slue
- swag
- sway
- sweep
- swerve
- switch
- turn
- twist
- vault
- veer
- warp
- wheel
- whip
- whirl
- wind
- zigzag