Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun divagation

2 senses of divagation

Sense 1
digression, aside, excursus, divagation, parenthesis -- (a message that departs from the main subject)
       => message, content, subject matter, substance -- (what a communication that is about something is about)

Sense 2
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")
       => turn, turning -- (the act of changing or reversing the direction of the course; "he took a turn to the right")