distraction

n. கவனமாற்றம், கவனமாற்றத்துக்குரிய செய்தி, கருத்துமாற்றம், கவலைமாற்றம், ஒருதிசைக் கருத்துச் செறிவின் உளைவகற்றும் பிறிதுபோக்கு, அழிவுப் பொழுதுபோக்கு, இடைத்தடங்கல், மனஉலைவு, கருத்தொருமைக்கேடு, மனக்கலக்கம், சித்தக் குழப்பம், மூளைக் குழப்பம், பைத்தியம்.

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Dis*trac"tion, n. Etym: [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.