Deflecting

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  deflect \de*flect"\ (d[-e]*fl[e^]kt"), v. t. [imp. & p. p.
     {Deflected}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Deflecting}.] [L. deflectere;
     de- + flectere to bend or turn. See {Flexible}.]
     To cause to turn aside; to bend; as, rays of light are often
     deflected; to deflect a punch; to deflect criticism by
     acknowledging a mistake.


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           Sitting with their knees deflected under them. --Lord
                                                    (1630).
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