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digress verb

  /daɪˈɡɹɛs/ , /dɪˈɡɹɛs/
  • (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.
 digresser, dévier, s'écarter

digression noun

  /daɪˈɡɹɛʃən/ , /dɪˈɡɹɛʃən/ , /dʌɪˈɡɹɛʃən/
  • (generally, _, uncountable) The act of straying from the main subject in speech or writing, (rhetoric) particularly for rhetorical effect.
 digression
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