Associations to the word «Digression»
Noun
- Amplification
- Pardon
- Narrative
- Reader
- Quixote
- Aside
- Anecdote
- Swelling
- Discourse
- Apology
- Cicero
- Divergence
- Allusion
- Orator
- Excuse
- Rhetoric
- Narrator
- Deviation
- Sancho
- Socrates
- Recollection
- Repetition
- Epic
- Topic
- Envy
- Swift
- Subject
- Resume
- Homer
- Tale
- Listener
- Essay
- Remark
- Novel
- Thread
- Dialogue
- Passage
- Poem
- Theme
- Anatomy
- Story
- Autobiography
- Critic
- Philosophy
- Description
- Permit
- Author
- Habit
- Conversation
- Chapter
- Occasion
- Myth
- Detail
- Regret
- Reflection
- Traveller
Adjective
Adverb
Wiktionary
DIGRESSION, noun. A departure from the subject, course, or idea at hand; an exploration of a different or unrelated concern.
Dictionary definition
DIGRESSION, noun. A message that departs from the main subject.
DIGRESSION, noun. A turning aside (of your course or attention or concern); "a diversion from the main highway"; "a digression into irrelevant details"; "a deflection from his goal".
DIGRESSION, noun. Wandering from the main path of a journey.
Wise words
The most important things are the hardest things to say.
They are the things you get ashamed of because words
diminish your feelings - words shrink things that seem
timeless when they are in your head to no more than living
size when they are brought out.