digression
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(noun) wandering from the main path of a journey |
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Synonyms: excursion |
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Related Words: journey, journeying |
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(noun) a message that departs from the main subject |
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Synonyms: aside, divagation, excursus, parenthesis |
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Related Words: content, message, subject matter, substance |
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(noun) 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" |
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Synonyms: deflection, deflexion, deviation, diversion |
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Related Words: red herring, turn, turning |
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