Synonyms: divagation, diversion, deviation, digression, deflection, deflexion
Definition: a turning aside (of your course or attention or concern)
Usage: a diversion from the main highway; a digression into irrelevant details; a deflection from his goal
Definition: the act of changing or reversing the direction of the course
Usage: he took a turn to the right
Synonyms: diversion, recreation
Definition: an activity that diverts or amuses or stimulates
Usage: 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
Similar words: activity
Definition: any specific behavior
Usage: they avoided all recreational activity
Synonyms: diversion, diversionary attack
Definition: an attack calculated to draw enemy defense away from the point of the principal attack
Similar words: onrush, onset, onslaught, attack
Definition: (military) an offensive against an enemy (using weapons)
Usage: the attack began at dawn