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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (2)

1. a message that departs from the main subject;
[syn: digression, aside, excursus, divagation, parenthesis]

2. a turning aside (of your course or attention or concern);
- Example: "a diversion from the main highway"
- Example: "a digression into irrelevant details"
- Example: "a deflection from his goal"
[syn: diversion, deviation, digression, deflection, deflexion, divagation]



The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

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]


WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

divagation
    n 1: a message that departs from the main subject [syn:
         digression, aside, excursus, divagation,
         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, divagation]