Distraction /(?)/

Dis·trac·tion

Distraction

n.
  1. The act of distracting; a drawing apart; separation.
    To create distractions among us.
  2. That which diverts attention; a diversion.
  3. A diversity of direction; detachment. [Obs.]
    His power went out in such distractions as Beguiled all species.
  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.
  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.