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Nouns (13)

n. wandering from the main path of a journey

digression, aside, excursus, divagation, parenthesis

n. a message that departs from the main subject

diversion, deviation, digression, deflection, deflexion, divagation

n. 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"

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Fuzzynyms (7)

circumlocution, periphrasis, ambage

n. a style that involves indirect ways of expressing things

tautology

n. useless repetition; "to say that something is `adequate enough' is a tautology"

change

n. the action of changing something; "the change of government had no impact on the economy"; "his change on abortion cost him the election"

detour, roundabout way

n. a roundabout road (especially one that is used temporarily while a main route is blocked)

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