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NOUN (3)

1. an activity that diverts or amuses or stimulates;
- Example: "scuba diving is provided as a diversion for tourists"
- Example: "for recreation he wrote poetry and solved crossword puzzles"
- Example: "drug abuse is often regarded as a form of recreation"
[syn: diversion, recreation]

2. a turning aside (of your course or attention or concern);
- Example: "a diversion from the main highway"
- Example: "a digression into irrelevant details"
- Example: "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]



The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Diversion \Di*ver"sion\, n. [Cf. F. diversion. See Divert.]
   1. The act of turning aside from any course, occupation, or
      object; as, the diversion of a stream from its channel;
      diversion of the mind from business.
      [1913 Webster]

   2. That which diverts; that which turns or draws the mind
      from care or study, and thus relaxes and amuses; sport;
      play; pastime; as, the diversions of youth. "Public
      diversions." --V. Knox.
      [1913 Webster]

            Such productions of wit and humor as expose vice and
            folly, furnish useful diversion to readers.
                                                  --Addison.
      [1913 Webster]

   3. (Mil.) The act of drawing the attention and force of an
      enemy from the point where the principal attack is to be
      made; the attack, alarm, or feint which diverts.

   Syn: Amusement; entertainment; pastime; recreation; sport;
        game; play; solace; merriment.
        [1913 Webster]


WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

diversion
    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]