'Divagation' definitions:
Definition of 'divagation'
(from WordNet)
noun
A message that departs from the main subject [syn: digression, aside, excursus, divagation, parenthesis]
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" [syn: diversion, deviation, digression, deflection, deflexion, divagation]
Definition of 'Divagation'
From: GCIDE
- Divagation \Di`va*ga"tion\, n. [L. divagari to wander about; di- = dis- + vagari to stroll about: cf. F. divagation. See Vagary.] A wandering about or going astray; digression. [1913 Webster]
- Let us be set down at Queen's Crawley without further divagation. --Thackeray. [1913 Webster]