Divagation

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Divagation \Di`va*ga"tion\, n. [L. divagari to wander about; di-
     = dis- + vagari to stroll about: cf. F. divagation. See
     {Vagary}.]
     A wandering about or going astray; digression.
     [1913 Webster]
  


           Let us be set down at Queen's Crawley without further
           divagation.                              --Thackeray.
     [1913 Webster]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  divagation
       n 1: a message that departs from the main subject [syn: {digression},
             {aside}, {excursus}, {parenthesis}]
       2: a turning aside (of your course or attention or concern); "a
          diversion from the main highway"; "a digression into
          irrelevant details"; "a deflection from his goal" [syn: {diversion},
           {deviation}, {digression}, {deflection}, {deflexion}]