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digression

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di·gres·sion  (d-grshn, d-)
n.
1. The act of digressing.
2. An instance of digressing, especially a written or spoken passage that has no bearing on the main subject.
di·gression·al adj.
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.digression - a message that departs from the main subject
divagation, excursus, parenthesis, aside
subject matter, content, message, substance - what a communication that is about something is about
2.digression - 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"
divagation, diversion, deflexion, deviation, deflection
turning, turn - the act of changing or reversing the direction of the course; "he took a turn to the right"
red herring - any diversion intended to distract attention from the main issue
3.digressiondigression - wandering from the main path of a journey
excursion
journey, journeying - the act of traveling from one place to another
Translations
digression [daɪˈgrɛʃən] n → digresión f
digression [daɪˈgrɛʃən] n → digression f
digression [daɪˈgrɛʃən] digress n → Abschweifung f
digression [daɪˈgrɛʃən] n → digressione f


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But, to return from this digression, care ought to be taken that the bodies of the children may be such as will answer the expectations of the legislator; this also will be affected by the same means.
A Treatise on Government by Aristotle View in context
After this long digression we have now arrived once more at the point where Pudd'nhead Wilson, while waiting for the arrival of the twins on that same Friday evening, sat puzzling over the strange apparition of that morning--a girl in young Tom Driscoll's bedroom; fretting, and guessing, and puzzling over it, and wondering who the shameless creature might be.
Pudd'n'head Wilson by Twain, Mark View in context
I suppose it was a very pretty example of the triumph of spirit over matter, and so my digression has at least the advantage of a moral.
Moon and Sixpence by Maugham, W. Somerset View in context
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