digression

IPA: daɪgrˈɛʃʌn

An aside, an act of straying from the main subject in speech or writing.
(generally uncountable) The act of straying from the main subject in speech or writing, (rhetoric) particularly for rhetorical effect.
(obsolete) A deviancy, a sin or error, an act of straying from the path of righteousness or a general rule.
(now rare) A deviation, an act of straying from a path.
(astronomy, physics) An elongation, a deflection or deviation from a mean position or expected path.

Examples of "digression" in Sentences

Warning: all this post is a digression from the topic!
Many novels contain what I call the digression-into-theme.
The reason for this historic digression is that Jordan has made an interesting discovery.
Particularly by that wee digression from the source text (the whole mother not dying thing).
And feel free to move this post to the "Open Thread", as it is quite a digression from the original topic.
But all this is what they call a digression; it has nothing to do with the dragon's teeth I am now narrating.
(Notice how I used "arguably" to avoid digression from the immediate topic - not to avoid actually making a point.) "Now that I've partly diminished my own enjoyment of this by having to explain the humour ..."
Finally, in what can only be described as a digression from a digression, I feel compelled to mention that there is a multi-purpose, high quality item, within reach theoretically, that I cannot bring myself to buy, though I am convinced of its usefulness and value.