EXCURSION

• (noun) wandering from the main path of a journey

  synonyms : digression

  The teacher was lecturing about the importance of vocabulary, but he felt a brief excursion into the problematic area of memory would also benefit the students. -added by BagomboSnuffbox

• (noun) a journey taken for pleasure

  "many summer excursions to the shore", "it was merely a pleasure trip", "after cautious sashays into the field"

  synonyms : expedition , jaunt , junket , outing , pleasure trip , sashay

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