What does "exorbitation" mean?

The act of leaving the usual path or course; deviation.

What is a synonym for "exorbitation"?

Common synonyms include: aberration, bend, bias, corner, crook, curve.

noun

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Noun

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The act of leaving the usual path or course; deviation. archaic, countable, uncountable
"Nothing they are ſaue a meere perturbation / Of common Nature, an exorbitation / And bringing out of ſquare;[…]"

"Nothing they are ſaue a meere perturbation / Of common Nature, an exorbitation / And bringing out of ſquare;[…]"

Borrowed from Latin exorbitatio, from exorbitō (“to go off the track, deviate”) + -tio.