A less common variant meaning the tendency or state of deviating from a main course or subject.
From Latin 'digredi' (to depart) + '-ency' (variant noun-forming suffix). This alternative form to 'digredience' appears rarely in historical texts and formal philosophical writing.
Words ending in '-ency' versus '-ence' often mark regional or temporal differences in English—'digrediency' is so rare it's practically a fossil word, preserved mainly in dusty philosophical texts.
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