DIGRESSION
\da͡ɪɡɹˈɛʃən], \daɪɡɹˈɛʃən], \d_aɪ_ɡ_ɹ_ˈɛ_ʃ_ə_n]\
Definitions of DIGRESSION
- 2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
- 1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
- 1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
- 1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
- 1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
- 1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
- 1871 - The Cabinet Dictionary of the English Language
- 1790 - A Complete Dictionary of the English Language
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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.
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A turning aside from the right path; transgression; offense.
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The elongation, or angular distance from the sun; - said chiefly of the inferior planets.
By Oddity Software
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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.
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A turning aside from the right path; transgression; offense.
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The elongation, or angular distance from the sun; - said chiefly of the inferior planets.
By Noah Webster.
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer
By Daniel Lyons
By William Hand Browne, Samuel Stehman Haldeman
By James Champlin Fernald