What does "discursion" mean?

The action of hurriedly moving hither and thither.

What is a synonym for "discursion"?

Common synonyms include: aberrancy, aberration, afoot and lighthearted, aside, bend, bias.

/dɪˈskɝʒən/ noun

noun ·Uncommon ·College level

Noun

1
The action of hurriedly moving hither and thither. countable, obsolete, rare, uncountable
2
Digression. countable, figuratively, rare, uncountable
3
Ratiocination; step-by-step philosophical reasoning, as opposed to intuition. countable, uncountable

From Latin discursiō, from discurrō (“I run to and fro”); compare the English discurre, discurrent, discursation, and discurse.