detachment
NounUS[dih-tach-muhnt]/dɪˈtætʃmənt/3 syllablesalso [dee-tach-muhnt] /diˈtætʃmənt/
Open English WordNet
Noun (5)
- avoiding emotional involvementSynonyms: withdrawalType of indifference
- the act of releasing from an attachment or connectionSynonyms: disengagementType of separation
- the state of being isolated or detached“the insulation of England was preserved by the English Channel”Synonyms: insulationinsularityinsularismType of isolation
- a small unit of troops of special compositionType of army unitKinds patrol, picket, provost guard, rearguard, press gang, bodyguardMembers flanker
- coming apartSynonyms: separationbreakupType of change, alterationKinds rupture, break
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Webster's Dictionary (1913)
De·tach′ment noun
Origin: Cf. F. détachement.
1. The act of detaching or separating, or the state of being detached.
2. That which is detached; especially, a body of troops or part of a fleet sent from the main body on special service.
Troops... widely scattered in little detachments.— George Bancroft
3. Abstraction from worldly objects; renunciation.
A trial which would have demanded of him a most heroic faith and the detachment of a saint.— Cardinal John Henry Newman
Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), from GCIDE 0.54