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Digression

Digression Definition And Meaning
What's The Definition Of Digression? [n] wandering from the main path of a journey [n] a turning aside (of your course or attention or concern); "a diversion from the main highway"; "a digression into irrelevant details"; "a deflection from his goal" [n] a message that departs from the main subject Synonyms \| Synonyms for Digression: aside \| deflection \| deflexion \| deviation \| divagation \| divagation \| diversion \| excursion \| excursus \| parenthesis Related Terms \| Find terms related to Digression: aberrancy \| aberration \| ambages \| apostrophe \| aside \| bend \| bias \| branching off \| bypass \| bypath \| byway \| circling \| circuit \| circuition \| circuitousness \| circuitry \| circularity \| circulation \| circumambience \| circumambiency \| circumambulation \| circumbendibus \| circumflexion \| circumlocution \| circummigration \| circumnavigation \| corner \| crook \| crosswiseness \| curve \| declination \| deflection \| deflexure \| departure \| detour \| deviance \| deviancy \| deviating \| deviation \| deviousness \| diagonality \| digressing \| discursion \| divagation \| divarication \| divergence \| diversion \| dogleg \| double \| drift \| drifting \| episode \| errantry \| excurse \| excursion \| excursus \| exorbitation \| gyre \| gyring \| hairpin \| incident \| indirection \| indirectness \| meandering \| nonconformity \| obiter dictum \| obliqueness \| obliquity \| orbit \| orbiting \| parenthesis \| pererration \| rambling \| roundabout \| roundabout way \| roundaboutness \| rounding \| sheer \| shift \| shifting \| shifting course \| shifting path \| side path \| side road \| sidetrack \| skew \| skewness \| slant \| spiral \| spiraling \| squint \| straying \| sweep \| swerve \| swerving \| swinging \| tack \| transverseness \| turn \| turning \| twist \| vagary \| variation \| veer \| wandering \| warp \| wheeling \| yaw \| zigzag See Also \| content \| journey \| journeying \| message \| red herring \| subject matter \| substance \| turn \| turning Digression In Webster's Dictionary \Di*gres"sion\, n. [L. digressio: cf. F. digression.] 1. The act of digressing or deviating, esp. from the main subject of a discourse; hence, a part of a discourse deviating from its main design or subject. The digressions I can not excuse otherwise, than by the confidence that no man will read them. --Sir W. Temple. 2. A turning aside from the right path; transgression; offense. [R.] Then my digression is so vile, so base, That it will live engraven in my face. --Shak. 3. (Anat.) The elongation, or angular distance from the sun; -- said chiefly of the inferior planets. [R.]

Digression Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Digression?

[n] wandering from the main path of a journey
[n] a turning aside (of your course or attention or concern); "a diversion from the main highway"; "a digression into irrelevant details"; "a deflection from his goal"
[n] a message that departs from the main subject

Digression In Webster's Dictionary

\Di*gres"sion\, n. [L. digressio: cf. F. digression.]
1. The act of digressing or deviating, esp. from the main
   subject of a discourse; hence, a part of a discourse
   deviating from its main design or subject.

         The digressions I can not excuse otherwise, than by
         the confidence that no man will read them. --Sir W.
                                               Temple.

2. A turning aside from the right path; transgression;
   offense. [R.]

         Then my digression is so vile, so base, That it will
         live engraven in my face.             --Shak.

3. (Anat.) The elongation, or angular distance from the sun;
   -- said chiefly of the inferior planets. [R.]

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