- Act of going off at a tangent - Ad-lib - Deviation - 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. - A turning aside from the right path; transgression;
offense. - The elongation, or angular distance from the sun; --
said chiefly of the inferior planets.
- Deviate - Diverge - Stray from the point - 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.
- Isolate oracle over quest - Isolate search in oracle - To separate from the owner for a time; to take from
parties in controversy and put into the possession of an indifferent
person; to seize or take possession of, as property belonging to
another, and hold it till the profits have paid the demand for which it
is taken, or till the owner has performed the decree of court, or
clears himself of contempt; in international law, to confiscate. - To cause (one) to submit to the process of
sequestration; to deprive (one) of one's estate, property, etc. - To set apart; to put aside; to remove; to separate
from other things. - To cause to retire or withdraw into obscurity; to
seclude; to withdraw; -- often used reflexively. - To withdraw; to retire.