DIVERSION

• (noun) a turning aside (of your course or attention or concern)

  "a diversion from the main highway", "a digression into irrelevant details", "a deflection from his goal"

  synonyms : deflection , deflexion , deviation , digression , divagation

• (noun) an activity that diverts or amuses or stimulates

  "scuba diving is provided as a diversion for tourists", "for recreation he wrote poetry and solved crossword puzzles", "drug abuse is often regarded as a form of recreation"

  synonyms : recreation

• (noun) an attack calculated to draw enemy defense away from the point of the principal attack

  synonyms : diversionary attack

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