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2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Distraction \Dis*trac"tion\, n. [L. distractio: cf F. distraction.] 1. The act of distracting; a drawing apart; separation. To create distractions among us --Bp. Burnet. 2. That which diverts attention; a diversion. ``Domestic distractions.'' --G. Eliot. 3. A diversity of direction; detachment. [Obs.] His power went out in such distractions as Beguiled all species. --Shak. 4. State in which the attention is called in different ways; confusion; perplexity. That ye may attend upon the Lord without distraction. --1 Cor. vii. 3?. 5. Confusion of affairs; tumult; disorder; as political distractions. Never was known a night of such distraction. --Dryden. 6. Agitation from violent emotions; perturbation of mind; despair. The distraction of the children, who saw both their parents together, would have melted the hardest heart. --Tatler. 7. Derangement of the mind; madness. --Atterbury. Syn: Perplexity; confusion; disturbance; disorder; dissension; tumult; derangement; madness; raving; franticness; furiousness. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: distraction n 1: mental turmoil; "he drives me to distraction" 2: an obstacle to attention 3: an entertainment that provokes pleased interest and distracts you from worries and vexations [syn: {beguilement}] 4: the act of distracting; drawing someone's attention away from something
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