digression

digression is a 10-letter English word with 6 senses as noun in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: The act of digressing or deviating, esp. from the main subject of a discourse; hence, a part of a discourse deviating from its main design or subject. Face value is 12 in Scrabble and 14 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.

10 letters · Scrabble 12 · Words With Friends 14 · 6 senses

Definitions

1. noun. The act of digressing or deviating, esp. from the main subject of a discourse; hence, a part of a discourse deviating from its main design or subject.
2. noun. A turning aside from the right path; transgression; offense.
3. noun. The elongation, or angular distance from the sun; -- said chiefly of the inferior planets.
4. noun. wandering from the main path of a journey

   Synonyms: excursion

5. noun. a turning aside (of your course or attention or concern)

   "a diversion from the main highway"

   "a digression into irrelevant details"

   Synonyms: deflection, deflexion, deviation, divagation, diversion

6. noun. a message that departs from the main subject

   Synonyms: aside, divagation, excursus, parenthesis

Synonyms

excursion, deflection, deflexion, deviation, divagation, diversion, aside, excursus, parenthesis

Common word forms

digressions, digressional

Words from these letters

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