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noun
1.
the act of digressing.
2.
a passage or section that deviates from the central theme in speech or writing.
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Digression
is an SAT word you need to know.
So is abdicate. Does it mean:
| to renounce or relinquish power or responsibility |
| a person whose life is devoted to the pursuit of pleasure and self-gratification |
Example Sentences
- Under these conditions, diversion and instruction are diametrically opposed, and digression has no place in the classroom.
- To him, life is a flow, a simultaneous progression and digression.
- This was something of a digression from the main stream of his work.
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Word Origin & History
digression
late 14c., from L. digressionem, from digredi "to deviate," from dis- "apart, aside" + gradi "to step, go."
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