Noah Webster Dictionary (1913 edition): Digression

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Noah Webster Dictionary (1913 edition): Digression


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(1):

(n.) 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.

(2):

(n.) A turning aside from the right path; transgression; offense.

(3):

(n.) The elongation, or angular distance from the sun; -- said chiefly of the inferior planets.