Word Meanings - DIGRESSION - Book Publishers vocabulary database

The elongation, or angular distance from the sun; -- said chiefly of the inferior planets. (more info) 1. 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

Additional info about word: DIGRESSION

The elongation, or angular distance from the sun; -- said chiefly of the inferior planets. (more info) 1. 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. The digressions I can not excuse otherwise, than by the confidence that no man will read them. Sir W. Temple. 2. A turning aside from the right path; transgression; offense. Then my digression is so vile, so base, That it will live engraven in my face. Shak.

Possible synonyms: (Same meaning words of DIGRESSION)

• Divarication
• Deviation
• divergence
• digression
• diversion

Related words: (words related to DIGRESSION)

• DIGRESSIONAL
  Pertaining to, or having the character of, a digression; departing from the main purpose or subject. T. Warton.
• DIVARICATION
  A divergence of lines of color sculpture, or of fibers at different angles. (more info) 1. A separation into two parts or branches; a forking; a divergence. 2. An ambiguity of meaning; a disagreement of difference in opinion. Sir T. Browne.
• DEVIATION
  The voluntary and unnecessary departure of a ship from, or delay in, the regular and usual course of the specific voyage insured, thus releasing the underwriters from their responsibility. Deviation of a falling body , that deviation
• DIVERSION
  The act of drawing the attention and force of an enemy from the point where the principal attack is to be made; the attack, alarm, or feint which diverts. Syn. -- Amusement; entertainment; pastime; recreation; sport; game; play; solace; merriment.
• DIVERGENCE; DIVERGENCY
  1. A receding from each other in moving from a common center; the state of being divergent; as, an angle is made by the divergence of straight lines. Rays come to the eye in a state of divergency. 2. Disagreement; difference. Related with some
• DIGRESSION
  The elongation, or angular distance from the sun; -- said chiefly of the inferior planets. (more info) 1. 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