Related Words for digression

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Word	Syllables	Categories
excursus	x/x	Noun, Noun
deviation	xx/x	Noun, Noun
parenthesis	x/xx	Noun, Noun
diversion	x/x	Noun, Noun
deflection	x/x	Noun, Noun
excursion	x/x	Noun, Noun
aside	x/	Noun, Noun, Adverb
disquisition	xx/x	Noun
tangent	/x	Noun
rambling	/x	Noun
anecdote	/xx	Noun
rant	/	Noun
interlude	/xx	Noun
tangential	x/x	Adjective
quibble	/x	Noun
interjection	xx/x	Noun
brief	/	Adjective
segue	/x	Noun
discussion	x/x	Noun
remark	x/	Noun
point	/	Noun
allusion	x/x	Noun
caveat	/xx	Noun
prefatory	/xxx	Noun
footnote	/x	Noun
musing	/x	Noun
postscript	/x	Noun
elaboration	xxx/x	Noun
rumination	xx/x	Noun
oddity	/xx	Noun
explication	xx/x	Noun
soliloquy	x/xx	Noun
tirade	x/	Noun
gratuitous	x/xx	Adjective
interruption	xx/x	Noun
meandering	x/xx	Noun
conversation	xx/x	Noun
observation	xx/x	Noun
tidbit	/x	Noun
detour	x/	Noun
wordy	/x	Adjective
oversimplification	xx/xxxx	Noun
misunderstanding	xxx/x	Noun
indulgence	x/x	Noun
exaggeration	xxx/x	Noun
irony	/xx	Noun
silliness	/xx	Noun
longish	/x	Adjective
idiosyncrasy	xxx/xx	Noun
introduction	xx/x	Noun
reminiscence	xx/x	Noun
hyperbole	x/xx	Noun
reiteration	xxx/x	Noun
explanation	xx/x	Noun
preamble	x/x	Noun
pedantic	x/x	Adjective
implication	xx/x	Noun
sojourn	/x	Noun
lapse	/	Noun
sorry	/x	Adjective
discourse	/x	Noun
preface	/x	Noun
distraction	x/x	Noun
derogation	/x/x	Noun
disputation	x//x	Noun
skirting	/x	Verb
drifting	/x	Verb
inflection	x/x	Noun
breakaway	/xx	Noun
secession	x/x	Noun
dividing	x/x	Verb
scission	/x	Noun
excusing	x/x	Verb
parting of the ways	/x/x/	Phrase, Noun
desertion	x/x	Noun
slipping	/x	Verb
passage	/x	Noun
diversification	xxxx/x	Noun
skipping	/x	Verb
distinguishing	x/xx	Adjective
discarding	x/x	Verb
transgression	x/x	Noun
alteration	xx/x	Noun
dithering	/xx	Noun
narrating	/xx	Verb
delving	/x	Verb
bifurcation	xx/x	Noun
dissipation	xx/x	Noun
improvisation	xxx/x	Noun
disjunction	x/x	Noun
subdividing	xx/x	Verb
circumvention	xx/x	Noun
rebuttal	x/x	Noun
parting	/x	Noun
redirection	xx/x	Noun
disruption	x/x	Noun
separation	xx/x	Noun
overhearing	xx/x	Verb
skewing	/x	Noun
concession	x/x	Noun
section	/x	Noun
dissociation	xxx/x	Noun
venturing	/xx	Verb
disturbance	x/x	Noun
escaping	x/x	Verb
dispersal	x/x	Noun
leakage	/x	Noun
indirection	xx/x	Noun
estrangement	x/x	Noun
distortion	x/x	Noun
getaway	/xx	Noun
hobart	/x	Name
pardon	/x	Verb, Noun
apologise	x/xx	Verb
madness	/x	Noun
concedes	x/	Verb
apology	x/xx	Noun
apologize	x/xx	Verb
censured	/x	Verb
seeming	/x	Verb
terminological	/xx/xx	Adjective
irrelevant	x/xx	Adjective
lyrical	/xx	Adjective
theme	/	Noun
launches	/x	Verb
forgive	x/	Verb
warrants	/x	Verb
pause	/	Noun
merits	/x	Noun
topic	/x	Noun
aberration	xx/x	Noun
addendum	x/x	Noun
clarifications	xxx/x	Noun
departure	x/x	Noun
divergence	x/x	Noun
foray	/x	Noun, Verb
hitch	/	Noun, Verb
intermission	xx/x	Noun
loophole	/x	Noun, Verb
preliminaries	x/xxx	Noun
red herring	//x	Phrase, Noun
tour	/	Noun, Verb
tell	/	Verb, Noun
expression	x/x	Noun
literally	/xxx	Adverb
milestone	/x	Noun, Verb
idiomatic	xxx/x	Adjective, Noun
sorta	/x	Adverb
no	/	Noun, Adverb, Adjective
anymore	xx/	Adverb
collocation	xx/x	Noun
headlines	/x	Noun
chunk	/	Noun, Verb
cluster	/x	Noun, Verb