'Detachment' definitions:

Definition of 'detachment'

From: WordNet
noun
Avoiding emotional involvement [syn: withdrawal, detachment]
noun
The act of releasing from an attachment or connection [syn: detachment, disengagement]
noun
The state of being isolated or detached; "the insulation of England was preserved by the English Channel" [syn: insulation, insularity, insularism, detachment]
noun
A small unit of troops of special composition
noun
Coming apart [syn: separation, breakup, detachment]

Definition of 'Detachment'

From: GCIDE
  • Detachment \De*tach"ment\, n. [Cf. F. d['e]tachement.]
  • 1. The act of detaching or separating, or the state of being detached. [1913 Webster]
  • 2. That which is detached; especially, a body of troops or part of a fleet sent from the main body on special service. [1913 Webster]
  • Troops . . . widely scattered in little detachments. --Bancroft. [1913 Webster]
  • 3. Abstraction from worldly objects; renunciation. [1913 Webster]
  • A trial which would have demanded of him a most heroic faith and the detachment of a saint. --J. H. Newman. [1913 Webster]

Synonyms of 'detachment'

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