1. (

• diversion ,
• recreation

) 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" ;

2. (

• diversion ,
• deviation ,
• digression ,
• deflection ,
• deflexion ,
• divagation

) 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" ;

3. (

• diversion ,
• diversionary_attack

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