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digression

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Synonyms and Antonyms of digression

a departure from the subject under consideration

the professor's frequent and extended digressions are the stuff of campus legend

Synonyms of digression

aside, divagation, excursion, tangent

Words Related to digression

excursus, parenthesis

circuitousness, circularity, circumlocution, diffuseness, prolixity, verbosity, windiness, wordiness

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