What is the meaning of digression?

A message that departs from the main subject.
- synonyms: aside, excursus, divagation, parenthesis
A turning aside (of your course or attention or concern. )
- usage: "a diversion from the main highway"; "a digression into irrelevant details"; "a deflection from his goal"
- synonyms: diversion, deviation, deflection, deflexion, divagation
Wandering from the main path of a journey.
- synonyms: excursion

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