Definitions for "Digression"
The act of digressing or deviating, esp. from the main subject of a discourse; hence, a part of a discourse deviating from its main design or subject.
The use of material unrelated to the subject of a work. The interpolated narrations in the novels of Cervantes or Fielding may be called digressions, and Tristram Shandy includes a digression on digressions.
a message that departs from the main subject
The elongation, or angular distance from the sun; -- said chiefly of the inferior planets.
A turning aside from the right path; transgression; offense.
going off the point