Associations to the word «Derailment»

Wiktionary

DERAILMENT, noun. (rail transport) The action of a locomotive or train leaving the rails along which it runs
DERAILMENT, noun. (psychiatry) A pattern of discourse (in speech or writing) that is a sequence of unrelated or only remotely related ideas.

Dictionary definition

DERAILMENT, noun. An accident in which a train runs off its track.

Wise words

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats