divagation
/ˌdaɪvəˈɡeɪʃən/
noun
- The act of wandering away from a main topic or path; a digression.
- The book's charm lies in its frequent divagations into history and folklore.
- His speech was full of divagations, making it hard to follow his main argument.
- We need to avoid divagation and stick to the agenda during the meeting.
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