Distraction - Definition

distraction

n 1: mental turmoil; "he drives me to distraction"
2: an obstacle to attention
3: an entertainment that provokes pleased interest and distracts
you from worries and vexations [syn: beguilement,
distraction]
4: the act of distracting; drawing someone's attention away from
something; "conjurers are experts at misdirection" [syn:
distraction, misdirection]

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