diversion in WordNet English dictionary

1. 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"
   diversion  deviation  digression  deflection  deflexion  divagation 
   
2. 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"
   diversion  recreation 
   
3. an attack calculated to draw enemy defense away from the point of the principal attack
   diversion  diversionary attack