1. digress - Noun
2. digress - Verb
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.
To turn aside from the right path; to transgress; to offend.
Digression.
Source: Webster's dictionaryPeople take the longest possible paths, digress to numerous dead ends, and make all kinds of mistakes. Then historians come along and write summaries of this messy, nonlinear process and make it appear like a simple, straight line. Dean Kamen
A world in which elves exist and magic works offers greater opportunities to digress and explore. Terry Brooks
Effective leaders do not fear passion. They welcome it. But from time to time passionate discussions digress into personal attacks, and real people get really hurt. In my view, leaders must head that off before it happens. Bill Hybels
For if the modern mind is whimsical and discursive, the classical mind is narrow, unhesitating, relentless. It is not a quality of intelligence that one encounters frequently these days. But though I can digress with the best of them, I am nothing in my soul if not obsessive. Donna Tartt
though I can digress with the best of them, I am nothing in my soul if not obsessive. Donna Tartt
She always digresses when telling a story Source: Internet