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What does digress mean?

Looking for the meaning or definition of the word digress? Here's what it means.

Verb
  1. (intransitive) 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.
  2. (intransitive) To turn aside from the right path; to transgress; to offend.
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I digress slightly from the Koksilah River by Kelvin Creek, but Koksilah is also a fish-bearing stream.
It is not uncommon for debates on controversial issues to digress into the realm of heckling and disrespectful exchanges.
He talks about the disaster there and gives the impression that it is becoming increasingly worse as they digress.
He meanders roughly chronologically through his life but permits himself to digress when an incident or thought spurs a tangential memory.
I digress somewhat from the issue but it will probably occur from time to time.
He can lecture at some length on the origins of the language, and it's only the mention of ventriloquism that prompts him to digress again.

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