diversion, deviation, digression, deflection, deflexion, divagation
(noun) 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”
digression, aside, excursus, divagation, parenthesis
(noun) a message that departs from the main subject
Source: WordNet® 3.1
divagation (countable and uncountable, plural divagations)
Straying off from a course or way.
(medicine) Incoherent or wandering speech and thought.
• vaginatoid
Source: Wiktionary
Di`va*ga"tion, n. Etym: [L. divagari to wander about; di- = dis- + vagari to stroll about: cf. F. divagation. See Vagary.]
Definition: A wandering about or going astray; digression. Let us be set down at Queen's Crawley without further divagation. Thackeray.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
3 April 2025
(noun) an assemblage of parts that is regarded as a single entity; “how big is that part compared to the whole?”; “the team is a unit”
Decaffeinated coffee is not caffeine-free. Studies from the National Institute of Health (US) have shown that virtually all decaf coffee types contain caffeine. A 236-ml (8-oz) cup of decaf coffee contains up to 7 mg of caffeine, whereas a regular cup provided 70-140 mg.
