Associations to the word «Digress»

Wiktionary

DIGRESS, verb. (intransitive) To step or turn aside; to deviate; to swerve; especially, to turn aside from the main subject of attention, or course of argument, in writing or speaking.
DIGRESS, verb. (intransitive) To turn aside from the right path; to transgress; to offend.

Dictionary definition

DIGRESS, verb. Lose clarity or turn aside especially from the main subject of attention or course of argument in writing, thinking, or speaking; "She always digresses when telling a story"; "her mind wanders"; "Don't digress when you give a lecture".
DIGRESS, verb. Wander from a direct or straight course.

Wise words

Life has no meaning unless one lives it with a will, at least to the limit of one's will. Virtue, good, evil are nothing but words, unless one takes them apart in order to build something with them; they do not win their true meaning until one knows how to apply them.
Paul Gauguin