Digression Definition & Meaning

digression
noun
  1. a message that departs from the main subject
  2. a turning aside (of your course or attention or concern); "a diversion from the main highway"; "a digression into irrelevant details"; "a deflection from his goal"
  3. wandering from the main path of a journey

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