digression

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Noun

digression (plural digressions)

1. A departure from the subject, course, or idea at hand; an exploration of a different or unrelated concern.

   The lectures included lengthy digressions on topics ranging from the professor's dog to the meaning of life.

Related terms

• digress

Translations

departure from the subject

Armenian: շեղում (hy) (šeġum), խոտորում (hy) (xotorum) Bulgarian: отклонение (bg) n. Catalan: digressió (ca) f. Czech: odbočka (cs) f. Finnish: poikkeama (fi), poikkeaminen (fi), syrjähyppy (fi)

French: digression (fr) f. Russian: отступление n., отклонение n. Scottish Gaelic: taobh-cheum (gd) m. Spanish: digresión (es) f.

See also

• detour