Digression - definition, pronunciation, transcription
Amer.
|daɪˈɡreʃn|
Brit.
|daɪˈɡreʃ(ə)n|
noun
- a message that departs from the main subject (syn: aside, divagation, excursus, parenthesis)
- a turning aside (of your course or attention or concern) (syn: deflection, deflexion, deviation, divagation, diversion)
- a turning aside (of your course or attention or concern) (syn: deflection, deflexion, deviation, divagation, diversion)
a digression into irrelevant details
- wandering from the main path of a journey (syn: excursion)Extra examples
...the professor's frequent and extended digressions are the stuff of campus legend...
He launched into a digression on the need for more power plants.
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