The Only Use of
diversion
in
To Kill a Mockingbird
- He was a year older than I, and I avoided him on principle: he enjoyed everything I disapproved of, and disliked my ingenuous diversions.
p. 88.8diversions = things done for fun
Definitions:
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(1)
(diversion as in: a diversion to draw troops away) a distraction -- something that draws someone's attention so they don't notice something else
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(2)
(diversion as in: a favorite diversion is reading) something done for entertainment
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(3)
(diversion as in: diversion of flights) the act or instance of changing the direction of something or changing the use to which it is put; or a British term for detour (an alternate route due to a road closure)