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- The action of detaching; separation.
- The state of being detached or disconnected; insulation.
- Indifference to the concerns of others; aloofness.
- Absence of bias; impartiality; objectivity.
- (military) The separation of a military unit from the main body for particular purpose or a special mission.
- (military) The unit so dispatched.
- (military) A permanent unit organized for special duties.
- Any smaller portion of a main body separately employed.
- The Nuttall Encyclopedia
De*tach"ment (?), n. [Cf. F.
détachement.] 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.
- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
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