digression Definition
di·gres·sion (--gres̸h′ən)
noun
an act or instance of digressing; a wandering from the main subject in talking or writing
Etymology: ME < L digressio
digression Related Forms
digression Synonyms
digression
n.
digression Usage Examples
Preposition: into
history: To follow it, we must make a little digression into the history of Bolshevism.
Converse of object
- make: To follow it, we must make a little digression into the history of Bolshevism.
- take: First, let's take a short digression into how we got here.
- contain: The work contains lengthy digressions on peoples, places, and earlier history.
- pardon: I hope the reader will pardon this digression, which is not without interest.
- seem: In all, it seems a pointless digression that does little for our appreciation of the film.
- manage: Bens demonstrates how to stay neutral, synthesize ideas, summarize content, ask questions and manage digression.
Adjective modifier
- lengthy: But to return now to the four typical genera, which have led to the above lengthy digression.
- slight: By way of a slight digression, care should also be taken to look into tax options for similar reasons.
- brief: This section is a brief digression in answer to a question posed by a visitor to the church I attend.
- occasional: The very occasional digressions into political philosophy proper are always enlightening.
- interesting: Interesting Digression: There's a school of thought that believes that states of drunkeness can be assigned numerical values.
- short: First, let's take a short digression into how we got here.
Preposition: on
subject: If I haven't forgotten any, that is. [ There now follows quite a long digression on the subject of books.
Modifies a noun
alert: Anyway, the S-Club song was from there. digression alert!

