Distraction: alternatives and connections

The act of altering or making different.

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Deep thought; muse.

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A state of confusion.

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The state of being mixed or blended so as to produce indistinctness or error; indistinct combination; disorder; tumult.

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To throw into disorder; to break the array of.

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The act of receiving as host, or of amusing, admitting, or cherishing; hospitable reception; also, reception or treatment, in general.

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Want of attention, or failure to pay attention; disregard; heedlessness; neglect.

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The condition or quality of being muddy; turbidness; foulness caused by mud, dirt, or sediment; as, the muddiness of a stream.

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The act of revising; reexamination for correction; review; as, the revision of a book or writing, or of a proof sheet; a revision of statutes.

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To cause to turn aside; to bend; as, rays of light are often deflected.

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To cause to turn aside; to bend; as, rays of light are often deflected.

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To put into confused motion; to disturb; to agitate.

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To put into confused motion; to disturb; to agitate.

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The act of beguiling, or the state of being beguiled.

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The act of directing wrongly, or the state of being so directed.

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