Reverse Dictionary: DIGRESS

ADJECTIVES
► TANGENTIAL erratic; divergent; digressive → 1867

NOUNS
► ADIGRESSION digression → 1482 obs.
► EVAGATION in speech or discussion: a digression → a1656
► FAR-ABOUT a digression, wandering → 1639 obs.
► VAGARY a wandering in speech or writing; a rambling from the subject under consideration; a digression or divagation → 1579 obs.

VERBS
► CANCELEER to turn aside, to swerve or digress → a1697
► CANTON to sever or separate oneself; to secede, to withdraw; fig. to digress → 1611 obs.
► DECLINE to turn aside from the subject, in speaking or writing; to digress → 1544 obs.
► EXTRAVAGE to deviate in discourse from the proper subject; to digress; to talk incoherently; to ramble → c1690 obs. exc. Sc.
► GO OFF THE RAILS to digress or wander from the point → 1905 Sc. (Bk.)
► SALLY OUT to make a digression in speech → 1660 obs.