Definitions for digression

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digression di·gres·sion

Spelling: [dih-gresh-uh n, dahy-]

IPA: /dɪˈgrɛʃ ən, daɪ-/

Digression is a 10 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 12 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 14 points.

You can make 581 anagrams from letters in digression (degiinorss).

Definitions for digression

noun

1. the act of digressing.
2. a passage or section that deviates from the central theme in speech or writing.

Origin of digression

1325-75; Middle English Anglo-French Latin dīgressiōn- (stem of dīgressiō) a going away, aside, equivalent to dīgress(us) (see digress) + -iōn-

Examples for digression

This is a digression from the main point, and yet it brings me to what I was going to say.'

But, to return again from this digression to the subject of sheep and wool.

The other digression is the famous contrast of the lawyer and philosopher.

I return to the point reached when this digression into the affairs of Jason began.

This statement is enriched by a digression upon the meaning of the soul.

And how and wherefore have we wandered off in this digression!

Do not let us abuse the freedom of digression which we claim.

And now to the dinner, which, in our digression, we are forgetting.

This, however, was not in a shy neighbourhood, and is a digression consequently.

I return to the point reached at the commencement of this digression.