1
as in tangent
a departure from the subject under consideration
this may well appear to be a divagation at first, but I hope to establish the relevance
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2
as in deviation
a turning away from a course or standard
a self-consciously "literary" novel that represents a major divagation from traditional narrative
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for divagation
Noun
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At this point, the joke veers into tangents.—
Kathryn VanArendonk,
Vulture,
26 Feb. 2026 -
But Streisand apparently couldn’t help herself, going off on some tangents in her post that left some respondents amused but others thinking that the entertainment legend was living up to her reputation for being self-obsessed.—
Martha Ross,
Mercury News,
26 Feb. 2026
Noun
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The DigiMEP platform’s reporting architecture extends from individual service visits to enterprise-level dashboards, where equipment health, service verification, and performance deviations can be analyzed in aggregate.—
Daniel Fusch,
USA Today,
27 Feb. 2026
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Obviously, that’s a deviation from the book, because Benedict’s bisexuality is a deviation from the book.—
Jennifer Maas,
Variety,
26 Feb. 2026
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The stakes are high as the industry awaits whether the new collection will signal a departure from the bold, intricate aesthetic that defined Olivier Rousteing’s 14-year tenure at the house.—
Laure Guilbault,
Vogue,
2 Mar. 2026
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But this follows the introduction of the iPhone 16e last year, a departure from the sporadic releases of its previous budget smartphone, the SE line.—
Lisa Eadicicco,
CNN Money,
2 Mar. 2026
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“Divagation.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/divagation. Accessed 9 Mar. 2026.
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