digression
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Is digression a Scrabble word?
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Definition
noun (English)
1. (generally uncountable) The act of straying from the main subject in speech or writing, (rhetoric) particularly for rhetorical effect.Examples: "make digression... by way of digression..."Synonyms: digressio, ecbolecountableuncountable
2. (obsolete) A deviancy, a sin or error, an act of straying from the path of righteousness or a general rule.Examples: "Nature... More stronger hadde her operacyon Than she hath nowe in her dygressyon."countableobsoleteuncountable
3. (now rare) A deviation, an act of straying from a path.Examples: "By this little digression into Gascony, the Duke had an opportunity... to re-inforce himself with some particular Servants of his."archaiccountableuncountable
4. (astronomy, physics) An elongation, a deflection or deviation from a mean position or expected path.Examples: "This digression [of the Sun] is not equall, but neare the Æquinoxiall intersections, it is right and greater, near the Solstices, more oblique and lesser."countableuncountable
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