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Digression

🔄 Synonyms of "Digression"

9 synonyms found via WordNet and Google Books.

Word	Definition
excursionnoun	A brief recreational trip; a journey out of the usual way.
deviationnoun	A departure from the correct way of acting.
deflectionnoun	The act of deflecting or something deflected.
diversionnoun	A hobby; an activity that distracts the mind.
asidenoun	To or on one side so as to be out of the way.
divagationnoun	Straying off from a course or way.
parenthesisnoun	A clause, phrase or word which is inserted (usually for explanation or amplification) into a passage which is already grammatically complete, and usually marked off with brackets, commas or dashes.
deflexionnoun	(chiefly UK, rare) Dated spelling of deflection.
excursusnoun	A narrative digression, especially to discuss a particular issue.

💡 Words with a Similar Meaning to "Digression"

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Word	Definition
deflectionnoun	The act of deflecting or something deflected.
deviationnoun	A departure from the correct way of acting.
deflexionnoun	(chiefly UK, rare) Dated spelling of deflection.
diversionnoun	A hobby; an activity that distracts the mind.
divagationnoun	Straying off from a course or way.
asidenoun	An incidental remark to a person next to one made discreetly but not in private, audible only to that person.
excursionnoun	A brief recreational trip; a journey out of the usual way.
excursusnoun	A narrative digression, especially to discuss a particular issue.
parenthesisnoun	A clause, phrase or word which is inserted (usually for explanation or amplification) into a passage which is already grammatically complete, and usually marked off with brackets, commas or dashes.
ecbolenoun	(rhetoric, rare) A digression, (especially) one in which a person is introduced speaking his or her own words.
aberrationnoun	The act of wandering; deviation from truth, moral rectitude; abnormal; divergence from the straight, correct, proper, normal, or from the natural state.
divergencenoun	The state or degree of being divergent: of diverging.
departurenoun	The act of departing or something that has departed.
interludenoun	An entertainment between the acts of a play.
tournoun	A journey through a particular building, estate, country, etc.
tangentnoun	(mathematics) A function of an angle that gives the ratio of the sine to the cosine, in either the real or complex numbers. Symbols: tan, tg.
detournoun	A diversion or deviation from one's original route.
derailmentnoun	(rail transport) The action of a locomotive or train leaving the rails along which it runs.
derailverb	(transitive) To cause to come off the tracks.
detouringverb	The act of taking a detour.