detachment

About 5.84 uses per million words.

Meaning

1. noun The action of detaching; separation.
2. noun The state of being detached or disconnected; insulation.
3. noun Indifference to the concerns of others; disregard; nonchalance; aloofness.
4. noun Absence of bias; impartiality; objectivity.
5. noun The separation of a military unit from the main body for a particular purpose or special mission.
6. noun The unit so dispatched.
7. noun A permanent unit organized for special duties.
8. noun Any smaller portion of a main body separately employed.

Similar words

separation insularity insularism disengagement withdrawal breakup insulation dis remoteness detail

Often followed by

of from and was to in is that under

Word family

detachments