Definitions for: Detachment


[n] the act of releasing from an attachment or connection
[n] coming apart
[n] avoiding emotional involvement
[n] a small unit of troops of special composition
[n] the state of being isolated or detached; "the insulation of England was preserved by the English Channel"



Webster (1913) Definition: De*tach"ment, n. [Cf. F. d['e]tachement.]
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.
--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. --J. H.
Newman.

Synonyms: breakup, disengagement, insularism, insularity, insulation, separation, withdrawal

See Also: alteration, army unit, bodyguard, breach, break, change, falling out, flanker, guard, indifference, isolation, modification, patrol, picket, press gang, provost guard, rearguard, rift, rupture, separation, severance

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