di·va·ga·tion \ˌ ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷ˈgāshən\noun (-s) Etymology: Late Latin divagation-, divagatio, from divagatus + Latin -ion-, -io -ion : the act or fact of divagating: as a.: digression < numerous divagations of the plot > b.: deviation, divergence < fashionable divagations from classic literary norms >