Digression synonyms
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A roundabout way or course, especially a road used temporarily instead of a main route.
An occurrence that interrupts normal procedure or functioning; a mishap:
The definition of a diversion is an activity, often pleasant, that takes you away from your normal activity, or a detour or alternative course.
(Mathematics) The property or manner of diverging; failure to approach a limit.
A digression.
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Words spoken by an actor in such a way that they are heard by the audience but supposedly not by the other actors
Straying off from a course or way
Either or both of the curved lines, ( ), used to mark off parenthetical words, etc. or to enclose mathematical or logical symbols that are to be treated as a single term
going off on a tangent
An instance of digressing
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variation (related)
Variation is how much something differs from another.
The deviation of an indicator of a measuring instrument from zero or from its normal position.
An incident or event that is part of a progression or a larger sequence:
A round trip (on a train, bus, ship, etc.) at reduced rates, usually with limits set on the dates of departure and return
(Uncountable) The state of being divergent
Irrelevance.
approach (related)
The method used in dealing with or accomplishing:
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The difference between one number in a set and the mean of the set.
UK spelling of deflection.
digressive (related)
jotting (related)
pedantry (related)
A roundabout, indirect, or lengthy way of expressing something; periphrasis
The superscript sign (') used to indicate the omission of a letter or letters from a word, the possessive case, or the plurals of numbers, letters, and abbreviations.
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straightness (antonym)
(Countable) The result or product of being straight.
directness (antonym)
The state or quality of being direct.
Find another word for digression. In this page you can discover 30 synonyms, antonyms, idiomatic expressions, and related words for digression, like: detour, incident, diversion, divergence, excursus, departure, tangent, aside, wandering, divagation and rambling.