Digression
[daɪ'greʃ(ə)n] or [daɪ'grɛʃən]
Definition
(noun.) wandering from the main path of a journey.
(noun.) a message that departs from the main subject.
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Definition
(n.) The act of digressing or deviating, esp. from the main subject of a discourse; hence, a part of a discourse deviating from its main design or subject.
(n.) A turning aside from the right path; transgression; offense.
(n.) The elongation, or angular distance from the sun; -- said chiefly of the inferior planets.
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Synonyms and Synonymous
n. [1]. Deviation, divergence, departure.[2]. Episode, incidental passage.
Checked by Herman
Examples
- Digression concerning the Corn Trade and Corn Laws. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
- I must here introduce a short digression. Charles Darwin. On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection.
- This digression into the history of Ireland now comes up to the time of infectious imperialism in Europe. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- To return from this digression. Jonathan Swift. Gulliver's Travels into Several Remote Nations of the World.
- Now, gentle readers, after this long digression, you shall hear of the shocking seduction of the present Viscountess Berwick by Viscount Deerhurst! Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
- The great importance of this subject must justify the length of the digression. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
- Digression concerning Banks of Deposit, particularly concerning that of Amsterdam. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
- Digression concerning the Variations in the value of Silver during the Course of the Four last Centuries. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
- Conclusion of the Digression concerning the Variations in the Value of Silver. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
- This is a digression. Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
- I shall be obliged to make a digression in order to explain this phaenomenon. David Hume. A Treatise of Human Nature.
- From this digression, let me proceed to Dover. Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
- After this digression he proceeded-- I remained in the balcony. Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
- The last remark suggests a digression. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
- This leads him into a tiresome digression, which is intended to explain the nature of contradiction. Plato. The Republic.
- By my rambling digressions, I perceive myself to be grown old. Benjamin Franklin. Memoirs of Benjamin Franklin.
- If I had time and dared to enter into digressions, I would write a chapter about that first pint of porter drunk upon English ground. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
- The remainder of the work is filled up with digressions foreign to the main subject, and with discussions about the education of the guardians. Plato. The Republic.
- The Sergeant's digressions irritated me. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
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