digression
digression is defined in Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913) with 2 senses, and appears in Roget's Thesaurus (1911) with 35 related terms. The full text of each entry is reproduced verbatim below.
Definitions
- 1.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.
- 2.(Anat.) The elongation, or angular distance from the sun; -- said chiefly of the inferior planets. [R.]
Source: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
Synonyms
Related terms (Roget's 1911)
- about
- ambages
- backhanded
- beat
- bush
- cherry
- circuit
- circuition
- circuitous
- circumbendibus
- course
- dance
- detour
- deviate
- deviation
- from
- indirect
- lead
- loop
- make
- meander
- out
- perform
- pillar
- post
- pretty
- round
- roundabout
- side
- the
- two
- way
- wind
- winding
- zigzag
Source: Roget's Thesaurus, 1911 edition (public domain, via Project Gutenberg eBook #10681).
Related questions
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Definition-first questions whose answer is digression.
Sources
- Definitions: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
- Synonyms & antonyms: Roget's Thesaurus, 1911 edition (public domain, via Project Gutenberg eBook #10681).
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