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Synonyms for diversion

One audited sense, one true synonym, and three words that come close enough to cost you the rung.

Tier 3, Ridgeline · 1 sense · noun · Reason line included

The sensenounTier 3, RidgelineActions

a turning aside (of your course or attention or concern)

A diversion from the main highway.

The sentence the app shows, and the only thing that settles which meaning is meant.

The true synonym

deviation

Same sentence, swapped: A deviation from the main highway.

Close but different

These are the other three tiles the game puts on screen for this sense. Each one is a real word with a real meaning, and none of them is a synonym for diversion as it is used in the sentence above.

recreation
stem
swerve

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Closest first: other actions words at Ridgeline, then the same tier across the rest of the library.

manufacturenoun, verbfabricationthe act of making something (a product) from raw materialsRidgeline2 sensesHas a reason line masqueradenouncharademaking a false outward showRidgeline mercynounclemencyleniency and compassion shown toward offenders by a person or agency charged with administering justiceRidgeline multiplicationnountimesan arithmetic operation that is the inverse of divisionRidgeline drivenounridea journey in a vehicle (usually an automobile)Foothills2 sensesHas a reason line dutifuladjectiveduteouswillingly obedient out of a sense of duty and respectSummit dutynounresponsibilitythe social force that binds you to the courses of action demanded by that forceFoothillsHas a reason line restraintnouncontroldiscipline in personal and social activitiesRidgeline2 sensesHas a reason line

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