divagation

di·va·gate

D0300600 (dī′və-gāt′, dĭv′ə-)intr.v. di·va·gat·ed, di·va·gat·ing, di·va·gates 1. To wander or drift about.2. To ramble; digress.

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[Late Latin dīvagārī, dīvagāt- : Latin dī-, dis-, apart; see dis- + Latin vagārī, to wander (from vagus, wandering).]

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di′va·ga′tion n.

divagation

the act of digressing; wandering off the subject.See also: Thinking

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	divagation - a message that departs from the main subjectdigression, excursus, parenthesis, asidesubject matter, content, message, substance - what a communication that is about something is about
	2.	divagation - 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"digression, diversion, deflexion, deviation, deflectionturning, turn - the act of changing or reversing the direction of the course; "he took a turn to the right"red herring - any diversion intended to distract attention from the main issue

divagation

nounAn instance of digressing:aside, deviation, digression, divergence, divergency, excursion, excursus, irrelevancy, parenthesis, tangent.