Found 3 items, similar to detachment.
English → Indonesian (quick) Definition: detachment detasemen
English → English (WordNet) Definition: detachment detachment n 1: avoiding emotional involvement [syn: withdrawal] 2: the act of releasing from an attachment or connection [syn: disengagement] 3: the state of being isolated or detached; “the insulation of England was preserved by the English Channel” [syn: insulation, insularity, insularism] 4: a small unit of troops of special composition 5: coming apart [syn: separation, breakup]
English → English (gcide) Definition: Detachment Detachment \De*tach"ment\, n. [Cf. F. d['e]tachement.] 1. The act of detaching or separating, or the state of being detached. [1913 Webster] 2. That which is detached; especially, a body of troops or part of a fleet sent from the main body on special service. [1913 Webster] Troops . . . widely scattered in little detachments. --Bancroft. [1913 Webster] 3. Abstraction from worldly objects; renunciation. [1913 Webster] A trial which would have demanded of him a most heroic faith and the detachment of a saint. --J. H. Newman. [1913 Webster]