[1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

divagation \di`vaga"tion\, n. l. divagari to wander about; di-
   = dis- + vagari to stroll about: cf. f. divagation. see
   vagary.
   a wandering about or going astray; digression.
   1913 webster

         let us be set down at queen's crawley without further
         divagation.                              --thackeray.
   1913 webster
see also:
vagary 

[2] : WordNet (r) 2.0

divagation
     n 1: a message that departs from the main subject syn: digression,
           aside, excursus, parenthesis
     2: 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" syn: diversion,
         deviation, digression, deflection, deflexion
see also:
digression aside excursus parenthesis diversion deviation 
deflection deflexion 

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