"excursion" in the noun sense
1. excursion, jaunt, outing, junket, pleasure trip, expedition, sashay
a journey taken for pleasure
"many summer excursions to the shore"
"it was merely a pleasure trip"
"after cautious sashays into the field"
2. digression, excursion
wandering from the main path of a journey
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