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DIGRESSION
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Wandering from the main path of a journey
Synonyms:
digression; excursion
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Hypernyms ("digression" is a kind of...):
journey; journeying (the act of traveling from one place to another)
Derivation:
digress (wander from a direct or straight course)
Sense 2
Meaning:
A turning aside (of your course or attention or concern)
Example:
a deflection from his goal
Synonyms:
deflection; deflexion; deviation; digression; divagation; diversion
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Hypernyms ("digression" is a kind of...):
turn; turning (the act of changing or reversing the direction of the course)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "digression"):
red herring (any diversion intended to distract attention from the main issue)
Derivation:
digress (lose clarity or turn aside especially from the main subject of attention or course of argument in writing, thinking, or speaking)
Sense 3
Meaning:
A message that departs from the main subject
Synonyms:
aside; digression; divagation; excursus; parenthesis
Classified under:
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents
Hypernyms ("digression" is a kind of...):
content; message; subject matter; substance (what a communication that is about something is about)
Derivation:
digress (lose clarity or turn aside especially from the main subject of attention or course of argument in writing, thinking, or speaking)
