1. (n.) A wandering; a roving; esp., a roving in quest of adventures.

2. (n.) The employment of a knight-errant.

Wanderjahr aberrancy aberration afoot and lighthearted bend bias bigheartedness bigness branching off bumming chivalrousness chivalry circuitousness corner crook curve declination departure detour deviance deviancy deviation deviousness digression discursion divagation divarication divergence diversion dogleg double drift drifting elevation exaltation excursion excursus exorbitation flitting gadding generosity generousness great heart greatheartedness greatness greatness of heart hairpin heroism high-mindedness hoboism idealism indirection itineracy itinerancy knight-errantry knightliness largeheartedness liberality liberalness loftiness magnanimity magnanimousness nobility noble-mindedness nobleness nomadism obliquity openhandedness peregrination pererration princeliness ramble rambling roam roaming rove roving sheer shift shifting shifting course shifting path skew slant straying sublimity sweep swerve swerving swinging tack traipsing turn turning twist vagabondage vagabondia vagabondism vagrancy variation veer wandering wanderlust warp wayfaring yaw zigzag