Diversion is offered to first time offenders to keep their record clean. They are in effect "pleading guilty" but their plea is not accepted, instead it is put on hold for a period of usually one...
in criminal procedure, a system for giving a chance for a first- time criminal defendant in lesser crimes to perform community service, make restitution for damage due to the crime, obtain treatment...
An interruptoin in what you are doing. Such as taking a walk in order to briefly get away from some boring chore at home. Such as--> "I went for a walk as a diversion from cleaning the garage."