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noun
Straying off from a course or way.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Incoherent or wandering speech and thought.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
Topics: medicine, sciences
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noun
a turning aside (of your course or attention or concern)
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Synonyms: diversion, deviation, digression, deflection, deflexion
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: turn, turning
Narrower terms: red herring
noun
a message that departs from the main subject
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: digression, aside, excursus, parenthesis
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: message, content, subject matter, substance
History
Nominalization of divagate (from the Latin verb divagare) + -ion (from the Latin suffix -io).
