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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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