diversion

Noun

• an attack calculated to draw enemy defense away from the point of the principal attack

• 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
    

• 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
    

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• Synonyms: 
  diversionary attack , deviation , digression , deflection , deflexion , divagation , recreation