digression

/daɪɡɹˈɛʃən/ · 3 syllables

Meaning

noun

1. a message that departs from the main subject
2. a turning aside (of your course or attention or concern)
   “a diversion from the main highway”
3. wandering from the main path of a journey

Synonyms for digression

• aside
• excursus
• divagation
• parenthesis
• diversion
• deviation
• deflection
• deflexion
• excursion

Words that rhyme with digression

• depression
• expression
• impression
• accession
• possession
• aggression
• confession
• discretion
• recession
• succession
• compression
• profession
• regression
• session
• suppression
• concession
• freshen
• oppression
• procession
• progression
• repression
• secession
• transgression
• decompression
• indiscretion
• intercession
• obsession
• precession
• hessian
• nonaggression