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2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Digression \Di*gres"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.] From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: digression n 1: a message that departs from the main subject [syn: {aside}, {excursus}, {divagation}, {parenthesis}] 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" [syn: {diversion}, {deviation}, {deflection}, {deflexion}] 3: wandering from the main path of a journey [syn: {excursion}]
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