digress
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digress
- /daɪˈɡɹɛs/
- /dɪˈɡɹɛs/
Rhymes with -ɛs
verb digresses · digressing · digressed
- To step or turn aside; to deviate; to swerve; especially, to turn aside from the main subject of attention, or course of argument, in writing or speaking. Moreover she beginneth to digress in latitude.
- To turn aside from the right path; to transgress; to offend. Thy overflow of good converts to bad; And thy abundant goodness shall excuse This deadly blot in thy digressing son.
Opposite: recur
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verb
Opposite: recur
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verb to deviate — see also go off on a tangent, deviate
| Español | irse por una digresión/disquisición, divagar, elucubrar, prolijear |
|---|---|
| Português | divagar |
| Français | s'écarter, dévier, digresser |
| Deutsch | abgehen, abschweifen, ausschweifen |
| Italiano | divagare |
| Română | devia |
| Русский | отклоня́ться otklonjátʹsja, отвлекаться otvlekatʹsja |
verb to transgress
| Română | ofensa |
|---|---|
| Русский | отступа́ть otstupátʹ |
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