Noun Definition

diversion

1.Definition: 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"

Related Noun(s):deflection, deflexion, deviation, digression, divagation

Category: General

2.Definition: 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"

Related Noun(s):recreation

Category: General

3.Definition: an attack calculated to draw enemy defense away from the point of the principal attack

Category: General