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Antonyms for digression

Grammar : Noun
Spell : dih-gresh-uhn, dahy-
Phonetic Transcription : dɪˈgrɛʃ ən, daɪ-

Definition of digression

Origin :
  • late 14c., from Latin digressionem (nominative digressio) "a going away, departing," noun of action from past participle stem of digredi "to deviate," from dis- "apart, aside" (see dis-) + gradi "to step, go" (see grade (n.)).
  • noun deviation; straying
Example sentences :
  • This, however, was not in a shy neighbourhood, and is a digression consequently.
  • Extract from : « The Uncommercial Traveller » by Charles Dickens
  • This is a digression from the main point, and yet it brings me to what I was going to say.'
  • Extract from : « Life And Adventures Of Martin Chuzzlewit » by Charles Dickens
  • But, to return again from this digression to the subject of sheep and wool.
  • Extract from : « Address delivered by Hon. Henry H. Crapo, Governor of Michigan, before the Central Michigan Agricultural Society, at their Sheep-shearing Exhibition held at the Agricultural College Farm, on Thursday, May 24th, 1866 » by Henry Howland Crapo
  • Do not let us abuse the freedom of digression which we claim.
  • Extract from : « Theaetetus » by Plato
  • The other digression is the famous contrast of the lawyer and philosopher.
  • Extract from : « Theaetetus » by Plato
  • I return to the point reached when this digression into the affairs of Jason began.
  • Extract from : « Hellenica » by Xenophon
  • I return to the point reached at the commencement of this digression.
  • Extract from : « Hellenica » by Xenophon
  • This statement is enriched by a digression upon the meaning of the soul.
  • Extract from : « Browning's England » by Helen Archibald Clarke
  • And now to the dinner, which, in our digression, we are forgetting.
  • Extract from : « One Of Them » by Charles James Lever
  • And how and wherefore have we wandered off in this digression!
  • Extract from : « One Of Them » by Charles James Lever

Synonyms for digression

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