Usually means: Strays from the main subject.
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We found 10 dictionaries that define the word digresses:

General (9 matching dictionaries)
  1. digresses: Merriam-Webster
  2. digresses: Collins English Dictionary
  3. digresses: Vocabulary.com
  4. digresses: Wordnik
  5. digresses: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  6. digresses: Wiktionary
  7. digresses: Dictionary.com
  8. digresses: Cambridge Essential American English Dictionary
  9. digresses: TheFreeDictionary.com

Business (1 matching dictionary)
  1. digresses: Legal dictionary

(Note: See digress as well.)

Definitions from Wiktionary (digress)

verb:  (intransitive) To step or turn aside; to deviate; to swerve; especially, to turn aside from the main subject of attention, or course of argument, in writing or speaking.
verb:  (intransitive) To turn aside from the right path; to transgress; to offend.
▸ Also see digress


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