| digress | (v) lose clarity or turn aside especially from the main subject of attention or course of argument in writing, thinking, or speaking, Syn. divagate, wander, stray, Example: She always digresses when telling a story; her mind wanders; Don't digress when you give a lecture |
| digression | (n) a message that departs from the main subject, Syn. divagation, parenthesis, aside, excursus |
| diversion | (n) a turning aside (of your course or attention or concern), Syn. deflexion, divagation, digression, deflection, deviation, Example: a diversion from the main highway; a digression into irrelevant details; a deflection from his goal |
