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Word | Digression |
Afrikaans Meaning | afwyking, inset |
a message that departs from the main subject / wandering from the main path of a journey / The act of digressing or deviating, esp. from the main subject of a discourse / wandering away from the subject / a temporary departure from the main subject in speech or writing. / the act or an instance of digressing in a discourse or other usually organized literary work / archaic : a going aside, | |
Usage | ⇒ Nobody minded when Professor Renoir's lectures wandered away from their official theme; his digressions were always more fascinating than the topic of the day. ⇒ the professor's frequent and extended digressions are the stuff of campus legend ⇒ let's return to the main topic after that brief digression |
Synonyms | deviation, divergence, diversion, departure, deflection, excursion, excursus, parenthesis, divagation, aside, detour, variation, aberration, wandering, circuit, deflexion, deviance, rambling, apostrophe, circumbendibus, |
Antonyms | abide, consistency, accord, directness, remain, accordance, agreement, assent, completion, compromise, concord, confederacy, confederation, confluence, conformity, consensus, consent, consonance, correspondence, equality, |
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