Diversion meaning

noun

1. 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”

   Synonymsrecreation

2. a turning aside (of your course or attention or concern)

   “a diversion from the main highway”

   “a digression into irrelevant details”

   Synonymsdeviationdigressiondeflectiondeflexiondivagation

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

   Synonymsdiversionary attack