- digression, aside, excursus, divagation, parenthesis - a message that departs from the main subject
--1 is a kind of message, content, subject matter, substance
Derived form: verb digress1 - diversion, deviation, digression, deflection, deflexion, 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"
--2 is a kind of turn, turning
--2 has particulars: red herringDerived form: verb digress1 - digression, excursion - wandering from the main path of a journey
--3 is a kind of journey, journeying
Derived form: verb digress2