Meaning of DIVAGATION
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- [n] 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"
- [n] a message that departs from the main subject
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| | Synonyms: | | aside, deflection, deflexion, deviation, digression, digression, diversion, excursus, parenthesis |
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| | See Also: | | content, message, red herring, subject matter, substance, turn, turning | |
| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | \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.
Let us be set down at Queen's Crawley without further
divagation. --Thackeray.
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