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Definitions of digress in various dictionaries:
verb - lose clarity or turn aside especially from the main subject of attention or course of argument in writing, thinking, or speaking
verb - wander from a direct or straight course
verb - to stray from the main topic
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| Did you know I could bench-press 250 lbs.? But I do this, a 7-letter term meaning to deviate from the main topic |
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| To turn aside, especially from the main subject in writing or speaking stray. See Synonyms at swerve. |
| leave the main subject temporarily in speech or writing. |
| Leave the main subject temporarily in speech or writing. |
| lose clarity or turn aside especially from the main subject of attention or course of argument in writing, thinking, or speaking |
| wander from a direct or straight course |
| to move away from the main subject you are writing or talking about and to write or talk about something else: |
| (in speech or writing) to move away from the main subject and discuss something else: |
| Digress might refer to |
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| Digression (parekbasis in Greek, egressio, digressio and excursion in Latin) is a section of a composition or speech that marks a temporary shift of subject; the digression ends when the writer or speaker returns to the main topic. Digressions can be used intentionally as a stylistic or rhetorical device. * In classical rhetoric since Corax of Syracuse, especially in Institutio Oratoria of Quintilian, the digression was a regular part of any oration or composition. After setting out the topic of a work and establishing the need for attention to be given, the speaker or author would digress to a seemingly disconnected subject before returning to a development of the composition's theme, a proof of its validity, and a conclusion. A schizothemia is a digression by means of a long reminiscence. * Cicero was a master of digression, particularly in his ability to shift from the specific question or issue at hand (the hypothesis) to the more general issue or question that it depended upon (the t |