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Definition of Distraction

Distraction

  1. The act of distracting; a drawing apart; separation.
  2. That which diverts attention; a diversion.
  3. A diversity of direction; detachment.
  4. State in which the attention is called in different ways; confusion; perplexity.
  5. Confusion of affairs; tumult; disorder; as, political distractions.
  6. Agitation from violent emotions; perturbation of mind; despair.
  7. Derangement of the mind; madness.

Distraction Quotations

Sometimes, I think if you get away from what you're called to do, it's more of a distraction.
Joel Osteen

I think the best thing I can do is to be a distraction. A husband lives and breathes his work all day long. If he comes home to more table thumping, how can the poor man ever relax?
Jackie Kennedy

I have wandered all my life, and I have also traveled; the difference between the two being this, that we wander for distraction, but we travel for fulfillment.
Hilaire Belloc

The Internet is just bringing all kinds of information into the home. There's just a lot of distraction, a lot of competition for the parent's voice to resonate in the children's ears.
Phil McGraw

At painful times, when composition is impossible and reading is not enough, grammars and dictionaries are excellent for distraction.
Elizabeth Barrett Browning
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Distraction Translations

distraction in Afrikaans is ontspanning
distraction in Danish is rekreation
distraction in Dutch is verstrooiing, afleiding
distraction in Italian is diversione
distraction in Norwegian is distraksjon, forvirring

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