divagation Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun a message that departs from the main subject
    digression; aside; excursus; parenthesis.
  2. noun a turning aside (of your course or attention or concern)
    deviation; digression; deflexion; deflection; diversion.
    • a diversion from the main highway
    • a digression into irrelevant details
    • a deflection from his goal

WordNet

Di`va*ga"tion noun
Etymology
L. divagari to wander about; di- = dis- + vagari to stroll about: cf. F. divagation. See Vagary.
Definitions
  1. A wandering about or going astray; digression.
    Let us be set down at Queen's Crawley without further divagation. Thackeray.

Webster 1913