Diverge (7)
I believe the answer is:
deviate
<span class="explanation-format__ClueExplanation">'<span class="explanation-format__original">diverge</span>' is the definition.<br/ ><span class="explanation-format__explanation">(I know that diverge can be written as deviate)</span><br/ ><br/ >This is all the clue.<br/ ></span>
(Other definitions for deviate that I've seen before include "Turn aside or digress from" , "Turn aside from course of action" , "Turn away" , "Go off track" , "Turn aside from accepted way" .)