diversion

noun

1. 1

   a turning aside (of your course or attention or concern)

   a diversion from the main highway

   a digression into irrelevant details

2. 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

3. 3

   an attack calculated to draw enemy defense away from the point of the principal attack