digression
Americannoun
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the act of digressing.
- Synonyms:
- divergence, deviation
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a passage or section that deviates from the central theme in speech or writing.
- Synonyms:
- divergence, deviation
Other Word Forms
- digressional adjective
- digressionary adjective
Etymology
Origin of digression
First recorded in 1325–75; Middle English, from Anglo-French, from Latin dīgressiōn-, stem of dīgressiō “departure,” from dīgress(us) “departed” (past participle of dīgredī “to go off, depart”; digress ) + -iō -ion
Example Sentences
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There are no needless digressions, and their architecture is as robust and tightly engineered as their characters are fully fleshed.
From Los Angeles Times
But the presentation and even the digressions make it all a story with layers, and atmosphere, and maybe even transcendent meaning about perception and justice.
Its deviations from the source material are digressions done with love.
From Salon
But episode 6 opens as a virtual music video starring Mr. Kutcher; there are bold digressions into storylines that seem to be going nowhere and end up somewhere.
Historically, some U.S. listeners have struggled to embrace K-pop because of the language barrier, or found the genre’s melodic digressions and stop-start rhythms jarring, as if three songs are crammed into one.
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