0 the action of moving away from the main subject you are writing or talking about and writing or talking about something else: --
The book contains many interesting digressions about life in the last half-century of the regime.
Talking about money now would be a digression from the main purpose of this meeting.
The authors stray into lengthy digressions.
There are entertaining digressions on subjects such as the freight traffic of the London railway.
After this digression, she returned to the central issue.
NIEUWE WOORDEN
European
May 10, 2021
WOORD VAN DE DAG
Shimmer
digression