Noun: diversion dI'vur-zhun or di'vur-shun
- A deviation from a planned route, course, or direction of a journey
"The diversion was worth it to see sunset over the lake";
- digression, excursion
- An activity that diverts, amuses or stimulates
"scuba diving is provided as a diversion for tourists";
- recreation
- A temporary departure from the main subject or course in speech, writing, or thought
"The lecture was full of interesting diversions";
- deviation, digression, deflection, deflexion [Brit], divagation [rare], sidetrack, discursion, aside, excursus, parenthesis
- An attack calculated to draw enemy defence away from the point of the principal attack
"They launched a diversion on the eastern flank to distract from the main assault";
- diversionary attack
Derived forms: diversions
Type of: activity, attack, content, journey, journeying, message, onrush, onset, onslaught, subject matter, substance, turn, turning
Encyclopedia: Diversion