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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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