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Meaning of DETACHMENT

Pronunciation:  di'tachmunt

WordNet Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
  1. [n]  the act of releasing from an attachment or connection
  2. [n]  coming apart
  3. [n]  avoiding emotional involvement
  4. [n]  a small unit of troops of special composition
  5. [n]  the state of being isolated or detached; "the insulation of England was preserved by the English Channel"
 
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 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

 

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary
 
 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.
 
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