See detachment in Webster's New World Roget's A-Z Thesaurus II
noun
The act or process of detaching:
disconnection, disengagement, separation, uncoupling. See assembleThe 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, partDissociation from one's surroundings or worldly affairs:
aloofness, distance, remoteness. See attitude, concern, include, nearThe quality or state of being just and unbiased:
disinterest, disinterestedness, dispassion, dispassionateness, equitableness, fair-mindedness, fairness, impartiality, impartialness, justice, justness, nonpartisanship, objectiveness, objectivity. See fairA group of people organized for a particular purpose:
body, corps, crew, force, gang, team, unit. See groupA unit of troops on special assignment:
detail. See group
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