Distraction

Definition of Distraction

Dis`trac´tion

n.	1.	The act of distracting; a drawing apart; separation. To create distractions among us. - Bp. Burnet.
	2.	That which diverts attention; a diversion.
	3.	A diversity of direction; detachment. 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. 35.
	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.

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