divagation : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: divagation	by the DICT Development Group
2 results for divagation
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
divagation n a message that departs from the main subject [syn: digression, aside, excursus, divagation, parenthesis] 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" Synonym(s): diversion, deviation, digression, deflection, deflexion, divagation
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Divagation \Di`va*ga"tion\, n. [L. divagari to wander about; di- = dis- + vagari to stroll about: cf. F. divagation. See {Vagary}.] A wandering about or going astray; digression. Let us be set down at Queen's Crawley without further divagation. --Thackeray.