Antonyms for divagation


Grammar : Noun
Spell : dahy-vuh-geyt
Phonetic Transcription : ˈdaɪ vəˌgeɪt


Definition of divagation

Origin :
  • 1550s, noun of action from Latin divagatus, past participle of divagari (see divagate).
  • noun digression
Example sentences :
  • In his finest passages, as in his most trivial, he is at the mercy of the will-o'-the-wisp of divagation.
  • Extract from : « Essays in English Literature, 1780-1860 » by George Saintsbury
  • That ended the Russian divagation, and it had the effect of making the table-talk impersonal.
  • Extract from : « A Romance in Transit » by Francis Lynde
  • One would like to have Mr. Arnold's reply to this divagation on Don Quixote.
  • Extract from : « Shelburne Essays, Third Series » by Paul Elmer More
  • With such hints for divagation, let us resume our way down the river, henceforth navigable by barges and bridled by locks.
  • Extract from : « Surrey » by A.R. Hope Moncrieff
  • He had an unconquerable and sometimes very irritating habit of digression, of divagation, of aside.
  • Extract from : « A History of Nineteenth Century Literature (1780-1895) » by George Saintsbury
  • They are not very easy to select from, for their author's singular tendency to divagation affects them.
  • Extract from : « A Letter Book » by George Saintsbury

Synonyms for divagation

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