diversion

Noun
Synonyms: recreationdeviationdigressiondeflectiondeflexiondivagationdiversionary attack

WordNet 3.0

Noun (3)

  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”Synonyms: 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”Synonyms: deviationdigressiondeflectiondeflexiondivagation
  3. an attack calculated to draw enemy defense away from the point of the principal attackSynonyms: diversionary attack
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Webster's Dictionary (GCIDE)

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]

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