'Distraction' definitions:

Definition of 'distraction'

From: WordNet
noun
Mental turmoil; "he drives me to distraction"
noun
An obstacle to attention
noun
An entertainment that provokes pleased interest and distracts you from worries and vexations [syn: beguilement, distraction]
noun
The act of distracting; drawing someone's attention away from something; "conjurers are experts at misdirection" [syn: distraction, misdirection]

Definition of 'Distraction'

From: GCIDE
  • Distraction \Dis*trac"tion\, n. [L. distractio: cf. F. distraction.]
  • 1. The act of distracting; a drawing apart; separation. [1913 Webster]
  • To create distractions among us. --Bp. Burnet. [1913 Webster]
  • 2. That which diverts attention; a diversion. "Domestic distractions." --G. Eliot. [1913 Webster]
  • 3. A diversity of direction; detachment. [Obs.] [1913 Webster]
  • His power went out in such distractions as Beguiled all species. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
  • 4. State in which the attention is called in different ways; confusion; perplexity. [1913 Webster]
  • That ye may attend upon the Lord without distraction. --1 Cor. vii. 35. [1913 Webster]
  • 5. Confusion of affairs; tumult; disorder; as, political distractions. [1913 Webster]
  • Never was known a night of such distraction. --Dryden. [1913 Webster]
  • 6. Agitation from violent emotions; perturbation of mind; despair. [1913 Webster]
  • The distraction of the children, who saw both their parents together, would have melted the hardest heart. --Tatler. [1913 Webster]
  • 7. Derangement of the mind; madness. --Atterbury.
  • Syn: Perplexity; confusion; disturbance; disorder; dissension; tumult; derangement; madness; raving; franticness; furiousness. [1913 Webster]