digression
31digression — noun A departure from the subject, course, or idea at hand; an exploration of a different or unrelated concern. The lectures included lengthy digressions on topics ranging from the professors dog to the meaning of life. See Also …
32digression — Synonyms and related words: aberrancy, aberration, ambages, apostrophe, aside, bend, bias, branching off, bypass, bypath, byway, circling, circuit, circuition, circuitousness, circuitry, circularity, circulation, circumambience, circumambiency,… …
33Digression — Indskud …
34digression — I (Roget s IV) n. Syn. deviation, diversion, divergence, excursus, departure, tangent, aside, wandering, divagation, rambling, straying, circumlocution, parenthesis, apostrophe, going off on a tangent; see also variation 1 . II (Roget s 3… …
35Digression — Di|gres|si|on die; , en <aus lat. digressio »das Weggehen, die Abweichung« zu digredi, vgl. ↑digredieren>: 1. Abweichung, Abschweifung. 2. Winkel zwischen dem Meridian u. dem Vertikalkreis, der durch ein polnahes Gestirn geht (Astron.) …
36digression — di gres·sion || eʃn n. deviation from the main point (in writing or speaking) …
37digression — n. 1. Deviation or divergence or departure from the main topic. 2. Episode, incidental passage …
38digression — noun a book full of long digressions Syn: deviation, detour, diversion, departure, divergence, excursus; aside, incidental remark …
39digression — n 1. maundering, descanting, being diffuse, being episodic, rhapsodizing, waxing long winded, circumlocution, going off on or at a tangent, beating around the bush; (all of writing or speaking) deviating, divagating, deflecting, diverging,… …
40digression — di·gres·sion …