— digressional, digressionary , adj.
/di gresh"euhn, duy-/ , n.
1. the act of digressing.
2. a passage or section that deviates from the central theme in speech or writing.
[ 1325-75; ME digression- (s. of digressio ) a going away, aside, equiv. to digress ( us ) (see DIGRESS) + -ion- -ION ]
Syn. 1, 2. deviation, divergence.