(n.) A turning; a circuitous route; a deviation from a direct course; as, the detours of the Mississippi.

aberrancy aberration ambages back door back road back stairs back street back way bear off bend bias branch off branching off by-lane bypass bypath byroad bystreet byway change the bearing circuit circuitousness circumbendibus circumnavigate circumvent corner crook curve declination depart from departure deviance deviancy deviate deviation deviousness digress digression discursion divagate divagation divaricate divarication diverge divergence diversion divert dogleg double drift drifting errantry excursion excursus exorbitation go around go round about hairpin heel indirection make a detour obliquity pererration rambling roundabout roundabout way runaround sheer shift shifting shifting course shifting path side door side road side street skew slant straying sweep swerve swerving swinging tack trend turn turn aside turn away from turning twist variation vary veer wandering warp yaw zigzag