Amusement

n.	1.	Deep thought; muse. Here I . . . fell into a strong and deep amusement, revolving in my mind, with great perplexity, the amazing change of our affairs. - Fleetwood.
	2.	The state of being amused; pleasurable excitement; that which amuses; diversion. His favorite amusements were architecture and gardening. - Macaulay.

Noun	1.	amusement - a feeling of delight at being entertained
	2.	amusement - a diversion that holds the attention Synonyms: entertainment

animal pleasure, beguilement, bodily pleasure, carnal delight, comfort, content, contentment, coziness, creature comforts, dissipation, distraction, divertissement, ease, endpleasure, euphoria, forepleasure, frivolity, fruition, fun, game, glee, gleefulness, gratification, great satisfaction, gusto, hearty enjoyment, high glee, hilariousness, hilarity, intellectual pleasure, jocularity, jocundity, joie de vivre, joke, jolliness, jollity, joviality, joy, joyfulness, joyousness, keen pleasure, kicks, lark, laughter, levity, luxury, merriment, merriness, mirth, mirthfulness, physical pleasure, quiet pleasure, recreation, relaxation, relish, satisfaction, self-gratification, self-indulgence, sensual pleasure, sensuous pleasure, sexual pleasure, sport, sweetness of life, titillation, voluptuousness, well-being, zest