dīˈgreshən also də̇ˈ- noun
( -s )
Etymology: Middle English digressioun, from Middle French digression, disgression, from Latin digression-, digressio, from digressus + -ion-, -io -ion
1. archaic : an act or instance of digressing : a going aside
2.
a. : the act of digressing in a discourse or other usually organized literary work
other flights and digressions I find yet more doubtful than the humorous — B.N.Cardozo
b. : the portion of the discourse in which such a digression is made
a lengthy digression on the subject of free trade interrupted the main point of the speech
3. obsolete : transgression
• di·gres·sion·al -shən ə l adjective