digression
Plural: digressions
Noun
- a message that departs from the main subject
- a turning aside (of your course or attention or concern)
- "a digression into irrelevant details"
- wandering from the main path of a journey
- An aside, an act of straying from the main subject in speech or writing.
- The act of straying from the main subject in speech or writing, (rhetoric) particularly for rhetorical effect.
- A deviancy, a sin or error, an act of straying from the path of righteousness or a general rule.
- A deviation, an act of straying from a path.
- An elongation, a deflection or deviation from a mean position or expected path.
Examples
- The lectures included lengthy digressions on topics ranging from the professor's dog to the meaning of life.
Origin / Etymology
From Old French digressiun or disgressiun, from Latin dīgressiōnem, from dīgressus + -iō (suffix forming abstract nouns from verbs), the past passive participle of dīgredior (“to step away, to digress”), from dis- + gradior (“to step, walk, go”).
Synonyms
aside, deflection, deflexion, deviation, divagation, diversion, excursion, excursus, parenthesis, digressio, ecbole
Scrabble Score: 12
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