Thesaurus: detachment

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1. n. The act of detaching or separating, or the state of being detached.
2. n. That which is detached; especially, a body of troops or part of a fleet sent from the main body on special service.
3. n. Abstraction from worldly objects; renunciation.
4. n. avoiding emotional involvement
5. n. the act of releasing from an attachment or connection
6. n. the state of being isolated or detached
7. n. a small unit of troops of special composition
8. n. coming apart
9. 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.
10. n:100 n. the act of releasing from an attachment or connection n. a small unit of troops of special composition