n
Backwardness; the state of being backwards.
v
(nonstandard) Synonym of decelerate
n
Obsolete spelling of digression. [An aside, an act of straying from the main subject in speech or writing.]
n
(psychiatry) A pattern of discourse (in speech or writing) that is a sequence of unrelated or only remotely related ideas.
n
(contract law) The voluntary and unnecessary departure of a ship from, or delay in, the regular and usual course of the specific voyage insured, thus releasing the underwriters from their responsibility.
n
An aside, an act of straying from the main subject in speech or writing.
adj
Marked by digression; rambling
n
Obsolete spelling of discursion [(obsolete, rare) The action of hurriedly moving hither and thither.]
n
(rare, figuratively) Digression.
adj
(of speech or writing) Tending to digress from the main point; rambling.
n
Obsolete spelling of digression. [An aside, an act of straying from the main subject in speech or writing.]
n
(obsolete, rare) A wayside inn.
n
(sciences) A form of scientific testing in which some information is withheld from two different parties. Most commonly, neither the tester nor the subjects tested know which are the control items and which are the test items.
n
A narrative digression, especially to discuss a particular issue.
n
(rhetoric) A change of subject to some irrelevant matter in order to distract the listener.
adj
Of or relating to malposture.
n
(logic) The result of obversion.
adj
(of speech) That digresses; discursive or rambling
n
(medicine) A mental condition in which one tends to digress from the topic under discussion, especially by word association.
Note: Concept clusters like the one above are an experimental OneLook
feature. We've grouped words and phrases into thousands of clusters
based on a statistical analysis of how they are used in writing. Some
of the words and concepts may be vulgar or offensive. The names of the
clusters were written automatically and may not precisely describe
every word within the cluster; furthermore, the clusters may be
missing some entries that you'd normally associate with their
names. Click on a word to look it up on OneLook.