Thy abundant goodness shall excuse
This deadly blot on thy digressing son.
Shak.
Di*gress", n. Digression. [Obs.] Fuller.
Di*gres"sion (?), n. [L. digressio: cf. F. digression.] 1. The act of digressing or deviating, esp. from the main subject of a discourse; hence, a part of a discourse deviating from its main design or subject.
The digressions I can not excuse otherwise, than by the confidence that no man will read them.
Sir W. Temple.