digression : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: digression	by the DICT Development Group
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
digression 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 wandering from the main path of a journey Synonym(s): digression, excursion
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Digression \Digres"sion\, n. [L. digressio: cf. F. digression.] 1. The act of digressing or deviating, esp. from the main subject of a discourse; hence, a part of a discourse deviating from its main design or subject. The digressions I can not excuse otherwise, than by the confidence that no man will read them. --Sir W. Temple. 2. A turning aside from the right path; transgression; offense. [R.] Then my digression* is so vile, so base, That it will live engraven in my face. --Shak. 3. (Anat.) The elongation, or angular distance from the sun; -- said chiefly of the inferior planets. [R.]