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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Sirianni calls them with specific questions but winds up relishing in their tangents.—
Brooks Kubena,
New York Times,
23 July 2025 -
Trump then went on an extended tangent about the 2016 election and his claims that there was wrongdoing by Obama White House officials.—
Brett Samuels,
The Hill,
22 July 2025
Noun
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People who could follow instructions, memorize workflow steps and execute them without deviation.—
Evan J. Schwartz,
Forbes.com,
6 Aug. 2025
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Transcriptions of episodes of the Outside Podcast are created with a mix of speech recognition software and human transcribers, and may contain some grammatical errors or slight deviations from the audio.—
Outside Online,
Outside Online,
30 July 2025
Noun
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McMullen’s departure has also come up in another lawsuit against Kroger.—
Alexander Coolidge,
USA Today,
14 Aug. 2025
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The bus shelter was on a paved section of the airport departures area where people were being dropped off by taxis, friends, family.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
14 Aug. 2025
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“Divagation.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/divagation. Accessed 19 Aug. 2025.
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