What does "digression" mean?
Digression: A turning aside from the right path; transgression; offense. [R.] Then my digression is so vile, so base, That it will live engraven in my face. Shak.
Additional senses
- 2.(Anat.) The elongation, or angular distance from the sun; -- said chiefly of the inferior planets. [R.]
Sources
- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
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