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noun a message that departs from the main subject
noun a turning aside (of your course or attention or concern)
noun wandering from the main path of a journey
originFrom Old French digressiun or disgressiun, from Latin dīgressiōnem, from dīgressus + -iō (suffix forming abstract nouns from verbs), the past passive participle of dīgredior (“to step away, to digress”), from dis- + gradior (“to step, walk, go”).
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