I.a parting, separating; a going away, departing, departure. *
I. Lit. (in this signif. more freq. digressus): “congressio, tum vero digressio nostra,” Cic. Q. Fr. 1, 3, 4.—More freq.,
II. Trop., a going aside, deviation; esp. in lang., digression: qualis ad adjuvandum (sc. amicum) digressio (sc. a recto, referring to Cic. Lael. 17), Gell. 1, 3, 14: “a proposita oratione,” Cic. Brut. 85; “so of speech,” id. Inv. 1, 51; id. de Or. 2, 77, 312; 3, 53 fin.; Quint. 4, 2, 19; 9, 1, 28; 9, 2, 56 al.