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Detachment

Detachment Definition And Meaning
What's The Definition Of 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" Synonyms \| Synonyms for Detachment: breakup \| disengagement \| insularism \| insularity \| insulation \| separation \| withdrawal Related Terms \| Find terms related to Detachment: abstraction \| abulia \| accidia \| acedia \| adjunct \| age group \| alienation \| aloneness \| aloofness \| anxiety \| anxiety equivalent \| anxiety state \| apartheid \| apartness \| apathy \| army \| army group \| ataraxia \| ataraxy \| backwardness \| band \| bashfulness \| battalion \| battery \| battle group \| benumbedness \| bevy \| blah \| blahs \| blankness \| body \| boredom \| breakup \| brigade \| bunch \| cabal \| cadre \| carelessness \| cast \| casualness \| catatonic stupor \| celibacy \| chill \| chilliness \| clearance \| clique \| cohort \| coldness \| column \| comatoseness \| combat command \| combat team \| company \| complement \| component \| compulsion \| constraint \| contingent \| coolness \| corps \| coterie \| covey \| crew \| cross section \| crowd \| deactivation \| dejection \| demobilization \| deportation \| depression \| detaching \| detail \| diaspora \| disarticulation \| disassociation \| disbandment \| discard \| disconnectedness \| disconnection \| discontinuity \| discreetness \| discretion \| disengagement \| disintegration \| disinterest \| disinterestedness \| disjointing \| disjunction \| dislocation \| dismissal \| disorganization \| dispassion \| dispassionateness \| dispersal \| dispersion \| disposal \| disposition \| disregard \| disregardfulness \| dissolution \| distance \| disunion \| division \| divorce \| divorcement \| dole \| dullness \| easygoingness \| ejection \| elation \| elimination \| emotionalism \| equitability \| eradication \| euphoria \| evenhandedness \| exile \| expatriation \| expressionlessness \| expulsion \| faction \| fairness \| field army \| field train \| file \| fleet \| flying column \| folie du doute \| fraction \| frigidity \| frostiness \| gang \| garrison \| group \| grouping \| groupment \| guardedness \| heartlessness \| hebetude \| heedlessness \| hopelessness \| hypochondria \| hysteria \| hysterics \| iciness \| impartiality \| impassiveness \| impassivity \| impersonality \| inaccessibility \| inappetence \| inattention \| incoherence \| incuriosity \| incuriousness \| indifference \| indifferentism \| indifferentness \| indiscrimination \| inexcitability \| in-group \| insensibility \| insouciance \| installment \| intellectual inertia \| introversion \| isolation \| isolationism \| item \| Jim Crow \| junta \| justness \| keeping apart \| kitchen police \| KP \| lack of affect \| lack of appetite \| lack of interest \| lackadaisicalness \| languidness \| legion \| lethargicalness \| lethargy \| liquidation \| listlessness \| loftiness \| loneliness \| loneness \| lonesomeness \| luxation \| mania \| maniple \| melancholia \| mental distress \| mindlessness \| mob \| modesty \| movement \| moving apart \| negligence \| neutrality \| nonchalance \| numbness \| objectivity \| obsession \| offishness \| Olympian detachment \| organization \| ostracism \| outfit \| out-group \| outlawing \| outlawry \| pack \| parcel \| part \| particular \| parting \| partition \| party \| passiveness \| passivity \| pathological indecisiveness \| peer group \| percentage \| phalanx \| phlegm \| phlegmaticalness \| phlegmaticness \| platoon \| plucklessness \| pococurantism \| portion \| posse \| preoccupation \| privacy \| privatism \| privatization \| psychalgia \| psychomotor disturbance \| purge \| quadrant \| quarantine \| quarter \| quota \| random sample \| rank \| recess \| recklessness \| reclusion \| regardlessness \| regiment \| release \| remainder \| remoteness \| removal \| repression \| reserve \| reservedness \| resignation \| resignedness \| restraint \| reticence \| reticency \| retirement \| retreat \| riddance \| rupture \| rustication \| salon \| sample \| sampling \| seclusion \| secrecy \| section \| sector \| segment \| segmentation \| selflessness \| separateness \| separating \| separation \| separatism \| sequestration \| set \| severance \| share \| single blessedness \| sloth \| sluggishness \| solitariness \| solitude \| sopor \| soporifousness \| spiritlessness \| splendid isolation \| split-up \| spunklessness \| squad \| squadron \| stable \| standoffishness \| stolidity \| string \| stupefaction \| stupor \| subdivision \| subduedness \| subgroup \| subspecies \| subtraction \| supineness \| suppression \| suspension \| tactical unit \| task force \| team \| tic \| torpidity \| torpidness \| torpor \| train \| tribe \| troop \| troupe \| twitching \| unaffability \| unanxiousness \| unapproachability \| unbias \| unbiasedness \| unconcern \| uncongeniality \| undemonstrativeness \| unexpansiveness \| uninquisitiveness \| uninterestedness \| unit \| unmindfulness \| unopinionatedness \| unprejudicedness \| unresponsiveness \| unselfishness \| unsolicitousness \| wing \| withdrawal \| withdrawnness \| zoning 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 Detachment In Webster's Dictionary \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.

Detachment Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of 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"

Detachment In Webster's Dictionary

\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.

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