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Definition of Digression in English :

Digression

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Noun

1. aside, digression, divagation, excursus, parenthesis

a message that departs from the main subject

2. deflection, deflexion, deviation, digression, divagation, diversion

a turning aside (of your course or attention or concern)

Example Sentences:
'a diversion from the main highway'
'a digression into irrelevant details'
'a deflection from his goal'

3. digression, excursion

wandering from the main path of a journey

excursion

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Digression

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noun

an act or instance of digressing from a main subject in speech or writing

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Digression

see synonyms of digression

noun

an act or instance of digressing; a wandering from the main subject in talking or writing

Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved.

Digression

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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.

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