n.
Pronunciation: - ' gre-sh ə n
Function: noun
Date: 14th century
1 : the act or an instance of digressing in a discourse or other usually organized literary work
2 archaic : a going aside
– di · gres · sion · al \ - ' gresh-n ə l, - ə -n ə l \ adjective
– di · gres · sion · ary \ - ' gre-sh ə - ˌ ner- ē \ adjective