(1):
(n.) 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.
(2):
(n.) A turning aside from the right path; transgression; offense.
(3):
(n.) The elongation, or angular distance from the sun; - said chiefly of the inferior planets.
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