[dɪˈstrakʃn], (Noun)

Definitions:
- a thing that prevents someone from concentrating on something else
(e.g: the firm found passenger travel a distraction from the main business of moving freight)

- extreme agitation of the mind
(e.g: her uncharacteristic air of distraction)


Phrases:
- to distraction

Origin:
late Middle English: from Latin distractio(n-), from the verb distrahere (see distract)