Usually means: Temporary deviation from main subject.
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  1. digression: Merriam-Webster.com
  2. digression: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. digression: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. digression: Collins English Dictionary
  5. digression: Vocabulary.com
  6. Digression, digression: Wordnik
  7. digression: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  8. digression: Wiktionary
  9. digression: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  10. digression: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  11. digression: Infoplease Dictionary
  12. Digression, digression: Dictionary.com
  13. digression: Online Etymology Dictionary
  14. digression: Cambridge Essential American English Dictionary
  15. Digression: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  16. Digression: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  17. digression: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  18. digression: Rhymezone
  19. Digression: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  20. digression: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
  21. digression: Free Dictionary
  22. digression: Mnemonic Dictionary
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(Note: See digressional as well.)

Definitions from Wiktionary (digression)

noun:  An aside, an act of straying from the main subject in speech or writing.
noun:  (generally uncountable) The act of straying from the main subject in speech or writing, (rhetoric) particularly for rhetorical effect.
noun:  (obsolete) A deviancy, a sin or error, an act of straying from the path of righteousness or a general rule.
noun:  (now rare) A deviation, an act of straying from a path.
noun:  (astronomy, physics) An elongation, a deflection or deviation from a mean position or expected path.

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