Definition of detachment - WordReference.com Dictionary

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detachment
A	noun
	1	detachment, disengagement
			the act of releasing from an attachment or connection
		Category Tree: act; human action; human activity ╚action ╚change ╚change of integrity ╚separation ╚detachment, disengagement
	2	separation, breakup, detachment
			coming apart
		Category Tree: event ╚happening; occurrence; natural event ╚change; alteration; modification ╚separation, breakup, detachment ╚break ╚rupture; breach; break; severance; rift; falling out
	3	withdrawal, detachment
			avoiding emotional involvement
		Category Tree: psychological feature ╚feeling ╚unconcern ╚indifference ╚withdrawal, detachment
	4	detachment
			a small unit of troops of special composition
		Category Tree: group; grouping ╚social group ╚organization; organisation ╚unit; social unit ╚military unit; military force; military group; force ╚army unit ╚detachment ╚rearguard ╚provost guard ╚press gang ╚picket ╚patrol ╚guard; bodyguard
	5	insulation, insularity, insularism, detachment
			the state of being isolated or detached; "the insulation of England was preserved by the English Channel"
		Category Tree: state ╚integrity; unity; wholeness ╚separation ╚isolation ╚insulation, insularity, insularism, detachment

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