Definition of
DIGRESSION
1
:
the act or an instance of
digressing
in a discourse or other usually organized literary work
2
archaic
:
a going aside
—
di·gres·sion·al
\-
ˈ
gresh-nəl, -ə-n
ə
l\
adjective
—
di·gres·sion·ary
\-
ˈ
gre-shə-
ˌ
ner-ē\
adjective