Digression

What do we mean by digression?

The act of digressing. noun

An instance of digressing, especially a written or spoken passage that has no bearing on the main subject. noun

The act of digressing; deviation from a regular or appointed course; especially, a departure from the main subject under consideration; an excursion of speech or writing. noun

Deviation from the path of virtue; transgression. noun

In astronomy, the angular distance in the ecliptic of the inferior planets Mercury and Venus from the sun. noun

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. noun

A turning aside from the right path; transgression; offense. noun

The elongation, or angular distance from the sun; -- said chiefly of the inferior planets. noun

A departure from the subject, course, or idea at hand; an exploration of a different or unrelated concern. noun

A turning aside (of your course or attention or concern) noun

A message that departs from the main subject noun

Wandering from the main path of a journey noun

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

The act of straying from the main subject in speech or writing, particularly for rhetorical effect.

A deviancy, a sin or error, an act of straying from the path of righteousness or a general rule.

A deviation, an act of straying from a path.

An elongation, a deflection or deviation from a mean position or expected path.

To go off-topic. Urban Dictionary

When the fluid levels inside your penis change all of a sudden. The act of cumming quickly and excessively. Urban Dictionary

When you're Ferda Boys, fighting chairs with hand paddles, and putting your ass in the fire. Urban Dictionary

Imaginary circle one steps or moves into when going off on a tangent during lively intellectual conversation. Urban Dictionary

To deviate from the original topic of conversation, to go off topic. Typically one says this phrase when they realized they have gone off topic and decide to return to the original point. Another definition is to return to an original point. Urban Dictionary

This is what happens when you watch a video on YouTube, watch a suggested video shown at the far right edge of the screen, and another, and another until you end up at a video that is completely different from what you originally watched. Urban Dictionary

Imaginary circle one steps into when going off on a tangent during lively intellectual conversation. Urban Dictionary

If you are talking, but your first language is not english and you bet to differ. Urban Dictionary

A phrase used in order to: 1)sway the topic(salad) being tossed around 2)insult someone Urban Dictionary

A political strategy to get voters to lose focus on the most appropriate and potentially successful candidate that is most likely to achieve their political goals. and represent them in a political body. Typically voter digression is used in a general election where the strategy is to get the voter to vote for a candidate that will siphon off votes or create voter apathy. The strategist can throw an election even from a popular candidate by taking a few votes away from the most popular candidate or one which can win a plurality. In a presidential election this is even easier since we don't elect the president directly. So a politician can win the national vote by millions but lose a few states if enough votes are siphoned off and they have less votes than the main opposing candidate, which may have radically different political goals. Sadly if the individual voter digresses to a lessor candidate (that may get less than 1% of the vote) because they want their vote to count, but in the process deny the most popular candidate and the one closest to their values the ability to win, and in the process deny the majority of voters their right to be represented. Urban Dictionary

Words that are spelled similarly to digression:
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Words that are triggered by (strongly associated with) the word digression:
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Words that rhyme with digression:
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Adjectives that are often used to describe digression:
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Words that sound like digression:
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