n.

1. The act or process of disconnecting or detaching; separation.
2. The state of being separate or detached.
3. Indifference to or remoteness from the concerns of others; aloofness: preserved a chilly detachment in his relations with the family.
4. Absence of prejudice or bias; disinterest: strove to maintain her professional detachment in the case.
5. 1. The dispatch of a military unit, such as troops or ships, from a larger body for a special duty or mission.
   2. The unit so dispatched.
   3. A permanent unit, usually smaller than a platoon, organized for special duties.

noun

1. The act or process of detaching: disconnection, disengagement, separation, uncoupling. See assemble/disassemble.
2. The act or an instance of separating one thing from another: disjunction, disjuncture, disseverance, disseverment, disunion, division, divorce, divorcement, parting, partition, separation, severance, split. See assemble/disassemble, part/whole.
3. Dissociation from one's surroundings or worldly affairs: aloofness, distance, remoteness. See attitude/good attitude/bad attitude/neutral attitude, concern/unconcern, include/exclude, near/far/distance.
4. The quality or state of being just and unbiased: disinterest, disinterestedness, dispassion, dispassionateness, equitableness, fair-mindedness, fairness, impartiality, impartialness, justice, justness, nonpartisanship, objectiveness, objectivity. See fair/unfair.
5. A group of people organized for a particular purpose: body, corps, crew, force, gang, team, unit. See group.
6. A unit of troops on special assignment: detail. See group.

n

Definition: aloofness
Antonyms: bias, compassion, interest, involvement, kindness, sympathy

n

Definition: disconnection
Antonyms: attachment, combination, connection, linkage, merger

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n. 1. a group of troops, aircraft, or ships sent away on a separate mission: a detachment of Marines.

2. a temporary military or naval unit formed from other units or parts of units.

See the Introduction, Abbreviations and Pronunciation for further details.

In logic, the rule allowing inference from a formula A, and another read as ‘if A then B’ to the formula B. Another term for modus ponens.

The condition of being separated or disconnected.

• retinal d. — separation of the inner layers of the retina from the pigment epithelium, which remains attached to the choroid. Retinal detachment occurs most often as a result of degenerative changes in the peripheral retina and vitreous body, which produce holes or tears in the retina that can range from minute breaks no larger than 0.1 mm to extensive holes that extend over the entire fundus. Causes include trauma to the eyeball, severe contusions, inflammatory lesions and sometimes ocular surgery.
• rhegmatogenous d. — retinal detachment with holes.
• nonrhegmatogenous d. — retinal detachment with no holes present.

(DOD, NATO) 1. A part of a unit separated from its main organization for duty elsewhere. 2. A temporary military or naval unit formed from other units or parts of units. Also called DET.

Quotes:

"When you become detached mentally from yourself and concentrate on helping other people with their difficulties, you will be able to cope with your own more effectively. Somehow, the act of self-giving is a personal power-releasing factor." - Norman Vincent Peale

"The more you lose yourself in something bigger than yourself, the more energy you will have." - Norman Vincent Peale

"When you learn not to want things so badly, life comes to you." - Jessica Lange

"He who would be serene and pure needs but one thing, detachment." - Meister Eckhart

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Dansk (Danish)
n. - adskillelse, upartiskhed, løsnen, detachement

Nederlands (Dutch)
afstandelijkheid, detachering (militair), het losmaken/-raken, onpartijdigheid

Français (French)
n. - séparation, (Méd) décollement (de la rétine), (fig) détachement, indifférence, (Mil) détachement

Deutsch (German)
n. - Entfernen, Distanz, Unvoreingenommenheit, Abteilung, Entkoppelung

Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - απόσπαση, αποκόλληση, αποσύνδεση, αποκοπή, αμεροληψία, (στρατ.) απόσπασμα, διμοιρία, άγημα, αδιαφορία

Italiano (Italian)
distaccamento, disinnesto, strappo

Português (Portuguese)
n. - destacamento (m), isolamento (m), neutralidade (f)

Русский (Russian)
подразделение, отделение

Español (Spanish)
n. - destacamento, desacoplamiento, desconexión, separación, frialdad

Svenska (Swedish)
n. - avskildhet, lösgörande

中文（简体） (Chinese (Simplified))
分离, 分遣队, 分遣

中文（繁體） (Chinese (Traditional))
n. - 分離, 分遣隊, 分遣

한국어 (Korean)
n. - 이탈, 초연함, 파병

日本語 (Japanese)
n. - 分離, 超然としていること, 公平無私, 分遣隊

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(الاسم) انفصال, استقلاليه, لا مبالاة, ارسل مجموعه من الجنود أو السفن مثلا من أصل مجموعه أكبر بعيدا‏

עברית (Hebrew)
n. - ‮הינתקות, אובייקטיביות, אדישות, פלוגה, פלגה‬

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