noun. A usually short journey made for pleasure; an outing.

noun. A roundtrip in a passenger vehicle at a special low fare.

noun. A group taking a short pleasure trip together.

noun. A diversion or deviation from a main topic; a digression.

noun. undefined

noun. A movement from and back to a mean position or axis in an oscillating or alternating motion.

noun. The distance traversed in such a movement.

noun. The act of running out or forth; hence, deviation from a fixed or usual course; a passing or advancing beyond fixed or usual limits.

noun. Digression; deviation; a wandering from a subject or main design; an excursus.

noun. A journey; specifically, a short journey, jaunt, or trip to some point for a special purpose, with the intention of speedy return: as, a pleasure excursion; a scientific excursion.

noun. A company traveling together for a special purpose; a joint expedition, especially a holiday expedition.

noun. In physics, a movement of a moving or vibrating body from a mean position: as, the excursion of a planet from the ecliptic, of a satellite from the apparent position of its primary, or of the prong of a tuning-fork.

noun. In machinery, the range of stroke of any moving part; the travel: as, the excursion of a pistonrod.

noun. 7. A projecting addition to a building.

To make an excursion.

A running or going out or forth; an expedition; a sally.

A journey chiefly for recreation; a pleasure trip; a brief tour.

A wandering from a subject; digression.

Length of stroke, as of a piston; stroke. [An awkward use of the word.]

noun. A brief recreational trip; a journey out of the usual way.

noun. wandering from the main path of a journey

noun. a journey taken for pleasure

"Among the few additional circumstances which I retain of this excursion is a visit to Kensington, to see that James Martin (my mother's uncle), of whose conduct to his aged father you have heard me speak."

circle of excursion  deviation  digression  

excursus  

alarums and excursions  excursion steamer  

journey  journeying  

Persian  aspersion  aversion  conversion  dispersion  

adventure  cruise  diversion  encounter  engagement  

aberrancy  aberration  airing  ambages  aside