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Added 10 October 2026

digress

/daɪˈɡɹɛs/ verb

Latin root: digressum Wiktionary

verb Definition from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA). Pronunciation from Wiktionary, via Kaikki.org. More about digress at Wordnik → Where our words come from →

To step or turn aside; to deviate; to swerve; especially, to turn aside from the main subject of attention, or course of argument, in writing or speaking.
To turn aside from the right path; to transgress; to offend.

Origin

From Latin digressum, past participle of digredi.

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