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Digression Common

Origin: Latin suffix -sion

Digression has 4 different meanings across 1 category:

Noun

Definitions
Noun
1

a message that departs from the main subject

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"

3

wandering from the main path of a journey

4

An aside, an act of straying from the main subject in speech or writing.

Example Sentences
"a diversion from the main highway" noun
"a digression into irrelevant details" noun
"a deflection from his goal" noun
Related Terms
Broader Terms (hypernyms)
message turn journey
Narrower Terms (hyponyms)
red herring
Rhyming Words
ion aion tion zion pion sion gion bion fion lion dion cion rion orion obion axion deion trion diion arion
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