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Noun: digression  dI'gre-shun or di'gre-shun
  1. A message that departs from the main subject
    - aside, excursus, divagation, parenthesis
     
  2. A turning aside (of your course, attention or concern)
    "a digression into irrelevant details";
    - diversion, deviation, deflection, deflexion [Brit], divagation
     
  3. Wandering from the main path of a journey
    - excursion

Derived forms: digressions

Type of: content, journey, journeying, message, subject matter, substance, turn, turning

Encyclopedia: Digression