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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
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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“Divagation.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/divagation. Accessed 6 Oct. 2022.
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