Diversion - Definition

n 1: 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"
[syn: diversion, recreation]
2: 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" [syn:
diversion, deviation, digression, deflection,
deflexion, divagation]
3: an attack calculated to draw enemy defense away from the
point of the principal attack [syn: diversion,
diversionary attack]