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Look up: digression

  1. digression
    [n] - a message that departs from the main subject 2. [n] - wandering from the main path of a journey
    Found on http://www.webdictionary.co.uk/definitio

  2. Digression
    Di·gres'sion noun [ Latin digressio : confer French digression .] 1. The act of digressing or deviating, esp. from the main subject of a discourse; hence, a part of a discourse deviating from its main design or subject. « The...
    Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/D/65

  3. digression
    1. The act of digressing or deviating, especially. From the main subject of a discourse; hence, a part of a discourse deviating from its main design or subject. 'The digressions I can not excuse otherwise, than by the confidence that no man will read them.' (Sir W. Temple) ... 2. A turning aside fro...
    Found on http://www.mondofacto.com/facts/dictiona

  4. digression
    aside 1 excursus noun a message that departs from the main subject
    Found on http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/web

  5. digression
    deflection 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`
    Found on http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/web

  6. Digression
    • (n.) A turning aside from the right path; transgression; offense. • (n.) The act of digressing or deviating, esp. from the main subject of a discourse; hence, a part of a discourse deviating from its main design or subject. • (n.) The elongation, or angular distance from the sun; --...
    Found on http://thinkexist.com/dictionary/meaning

  7. digression
    The introduction of material into some literary work which is only partially or completely unrelated to its main subject (dt. Abschweifung).
    Found on http://www.menrath-online.de/glossaryeng

  8. digression
    • a message that departs from the main subject
    • a turning aside (of your course or attention or concern)
    • wandering from the main path of a journey

    Found on

  9. Digression
    `Digression` (parekbasis in Greek, egressio, digressio and excursion in Latin) is a section of a composition or speech that is an intentional change of subject. In Classical rhetoric since Corax of Syracuse, especially in Institutio Oratoria of Quintilian, the digr...
    Found on http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Digression



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/calendar/ February 14 is Valentine's Day. Although it is celebrated as a lovers' holiday today, with the giving of candy, flowers, or other gifts between couples in love, it originated in 5th Century Rome as a tribute to St. Valentine, a Catholic bishop. The first Valentine card grew out of this practice. The first true Valentine card was sent in 1415 by Charles, duke of Orleans, to his wife. He was imprisoned in the Tower of London at the time. Cupid, another symbol of the holiday, became associated with it because he was the son of Venus, the Roman god of love and beauty. Cupid often appears on Valentine cards. read more

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