digression has definitions from the field of transportation
1
[ noun ] a turning aside (of your course or attention or concern)

Examples

: "a diversion from the main highway" "a digression into irrelevant details" "a deflection from his goal"

2
[ noun ] a message that departs from the main subject

Related terms

message digress

3
[ noun ] (transportation) wandering from the main path of a journey

Synonyms

excursion

Related terms

journey stray

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