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diversion
noun
A turning aside (of your course or attention or concern)
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dɪˈvɝʒən
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noun
A turning aside (of your course or attention or concern)
“A diversion from the main highway”
noun
An activity that diverts or amuses or stimulates
“Scuba diving is provided as a diversion for tourists”
noun
An attack calculated to draw enemy defense away from the point of the principal attack
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A diversion from the main highway
A digression into irrelevant details
A deflection from his goal
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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