Meaning & Definition of Diversion in English

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"

• "Drug abuse is often regarded as a form of recreation"

2. 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. An attack calculated to draw enemy defense away from the point of the principal attack