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divagation

di·va·ga·tion

uncommon

noun

1.

a message that departs from the main subject

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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”
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Origin

Nominalization of divagate (from the Latin verb divagare) + -ion (from the Latin suffix -io).

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