digression
About 0.78 uses per million words.
Meaning
- noun An aside, an act of straying from the main subject in speech or writing.
The lectures included lengthy digressions on topics ranging from the professor's dog to the meaning of life.
- noun The act of straying from the main subject in speech or writing, particularly for rhetorical effect.
make digression... by way of digression...
- noun A deviancy, a sin or error, an act of straying from the path of righteousness or a general rule.
- noun A deviation, an act of straying from a path.
- noun An elongation, a deflection or deviation from a mean position or expected path.
Similar words
deflection deviation deflexion diversion divagation aside excursion excursus parenthesis ecbole
Often followed by
on from to is in into and of concerning
Word family
digressional digressionary digressions
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