Antonyms for distraction

Grammar : Noun

Spell : dih-strak-shuhn

Phonetic Transcription : dɪˈstræk ʃən

Definition of distraction

Origin : mid-15c., "the drawing away of the mind," from Latin distractionem (nominative distractio) "a pulling apart, separating," noun of action from past participle stem of distrahere (see distract). Meaning "mental disturbance" (in driven to distraction, etc.) is c.1600. Meaning "a thing or fact that distracts" is from 1610s.

noun having one's attention drawn away

Example sentences :

But one of them, the distraction of seeing the world, is innocent and beneficial.
Extract from : « A Treatise on Parents and Children » by George Bernard Shaw

The house was quite in a state of distraction for some days.
Extract from : « Tales And Novels, Volume 3 (of 10) » by Maria Edgeworth

An elderly spinster; boarders are her distraction as well as a source of income.
Extract from : « The Fortune Hunter » by Louis Joseph Vance

Do you object to such a piece of distraction remaining where she is?'
Extract from : « Little Dorrit » by Charles Dickens

I entreated him to reflect before he drove me to distraction.
Extract from : « Beaux and Belles of England » by Mary Robinson

They regarded her as a distraction that drew them from their bad dreams.
Extract from : « Therese Raquin » by Emile Zola

The greatest good of a State is unity; the greatest evil, discord and distraction.
Extract from : « The Republic » by Plato

He was in a state of distraction as to his feelings and yet lucid as to his mind.
Extract from : « Chance » by Joseph Conrad

I cannot bear to read, and it is a blessing to me to run to the pen for distraction.
Extract from : « Charles Lever, His Life in His Letters, Vol. II (of II) » by Edmund Downey

But I don't think that in his distraction he is ever monstrous.
Extract from : « Notes on My Books » by Joseph Conrad

Synonyms for distraction

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