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Definitions of detachment
  1. noun
    the act of releasing from an attachment or connection

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  2. noun
    the state of being isolated or detached
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  3. noun
    avoiding emotional involvement

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  4. noun
    coming apart

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  5. noun
    a small unit of troops of special composition
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Definition that contains detachment
  • patrol a detachment used for security or reconnaissance
  • philosophical characterized by the attitude of a philosopher; meeting trouble with level-headed detachment
  • picket a detachment of troops guarding an army from surprise attack
  • dryness objectivity and detachment
  • rearguard a detachment assigned to protect the rear of a (retreating) military body
  • philosophic characterized by the attitude of a philosopher; meeting trouble with level-headed detachment
  • secondment the detachment of a person from their regular organization for temporary assignment elsewhere
  • dispassion objectivity and detachment
  • flanker a soldier who is a member of a detachment assigned to guard the flanks of a military formation
  • dispassionateness objectivity and detachment
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