detachment

1. n. The act of detaching or separating, or the state of being detached. Source: opted

2. n. That which is detached; especially, a body of troops or part of a fleet sent from the main body on special service. Source: opted

3. n. Abstraction from worldly objects; renunciation. Source: opted

4. n. avoiding emotional involvement Source: wordnet

5. n. the act of releasing from an attachment or connection Source: wordnet

6. n. the state of being isolated or detached Source: wordnet

7. n. a small unit of troops of special composition Source: wordnet

8. n. coming apart Source: wordnet

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. Source: webster

10. n:100 n. the act of releasing from an attachment or connection n. a small unit of troops of special composition Source: ecdict

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