1. (verb) lose clarity or turn aside especially from the main subject of attention or course of argument in writing, thinking, or speaking

• divagate
• stray
• wander

2. (verb) wander from a direct or straight course

• depart
• sidetrack
• straggle

1. (verb) lose clarity or turn aside especially from the main subject of attention or course of argument in writing, thinking, or speaking

• tell

2. (verb) wander from a direct or straight course

• deviate
• divert

1. (verb) lose clarity or turn aside especially from the main subject of attention or course of argument in writing, thinking, or speaking

• aside
• aside
• digression
• digression
• divagation
• divagation
• excursus
• excursus
• parenthesis
• parenthesis
• deflection
• deflection
• deflexion
• deflexion
• deviation
• deviation
• digression
• digression
• divagation
• divagation
• diversion
• diversion
• digressive
• discursive
• excursive
• rambling

2. (verb) wander from a direct or straight course

• digression
• excursion
• straggle
• straggler
• strayer