digression

Reading level: hard

Estimated CEFR level: C2 — Proficiency

Estimated from word frequency; not an official CEFR classification.

Definition

  1. noun a message that departs from the main subject
  2. noun a turning aside (of your course or attention or concern)
  3. noun wandering from the main path of a journey

Etymology

From Old French digressiun or disgressiun, from Latin dīgressiōnem, from dīgressus + -iō (suffix forming abstract nouns from verbs), the past passive participle of dīgredior (“to step away, to digress”), from dis- + gradior (“to step, walk, go”).

In classic literature

Synonyms

aside, excursus, divagation, parenthesis

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