0 past simple and past participle of digress
1 to move away from the main subject you are writing or talking about and to write or talk about something else:
Superficially a studio debate, as each episode progressed the subject was often digressed from heavily.
The second album digressed significantly from the nu-metal style of their debut album, developing a darker hard-rock sound, without scratching and hip-hop influences.
The policeman asked to explain such an odd statement, but she quickly digressed.
We have digressed for long enough.
I apologise for having digressed in this way upon matters which really are irrelevant.
I apologise for having digressed in response to interventions.
I have digressed slightly from our central concern about the effect on the deutschmark of the reunification process.
I have digressed during the last two or three minutes.
