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| Main Entry: | |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | digression |
| Synonyms: | aside, departure, detour, deviation, divagation, divergence, divergency, obiter dictum, side remark, tangent |
| Main Entry: | digression |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | deviation; straying |
| Synonyms: | apostrophe, aside, deflection, departure, detour, difference, discursion, divagation, divergence, diversion, drifting, episode, excursion, excursus, footnote, incident, note, obiter dictum, parenthesis, rambling, variation, wandering |
| Antonyms: | directness, straightness |
| Main Entry: | discussion |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | talk with another |
| Synonyms: | altercation, analysis, argument, argumentation, canvass, colloquy, confabulation, conference, consideration, consultation, contention, controversy, conversation, debate, deliberation, dialogue, discourse, disputation, dispute, dissertation, examination, exchange, excursus, groupthink, huddle, interview, meet, meeting, powwow, quarrel, review, scrutiny, symposium, ventilation, wrangling |
| Antonyms: | quiet, silence |
| Main Entry: | divagation |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | digression |
| Synonyms: | aside, deviation, divergence, divergency, diversion, excursion, excursus, parenthesis |
| Main Entry: | irrelevancy |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | digression |
| Synonyms: | apostrophe, aside, deflection, departure, detour, deviation, difference, discursion, divagation, divergence, divergency, diversion, drifting, episode, excursion, excursus, footnote, incident, note, obiter dictum, parenthesis, rambling, tangent, variation, wandering |
| Main Entry: | parenthesis |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | digression |
| Synonyms: | apostrophe, aside, deflection, departure, detour, deviation, difference, discursion, divagation, divergence, divergency, diversion, drifting, episode, excursion, excursus, footnote, incident, irrelevancy, note, obiter dictum, rambling, tangent, variation, wandering |
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