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Webster 1913 Edition


Detachment

De-tach′ment

,
Noun.
[Cf. F.
détachement
.]
1.
The act of detaching or separating, or the state of being detached.
2.
That which is detached; especially, a body of troops or part of a fleet sent from the main body on special service.
Troops . . . widely scattered in little
detachments
.
Bancroft.
3.
Abstraction from worldly objects; renunciation.
A trial which would have demanded of him a most heroic faith and the
detachment
of a saint.
J. H. Newman.

Webster 1828 Edition


Detachment

DETACHMENT

,
Noun.
1.
The act of detaching.
2.
A body of troops, selected or taken from the main army, and employed on some special service or expedition.
3.
A number of ships, taken from a fleet, and sent on a separate service.

Definition 2024


detachment

detachment

English

Noun

detachment (countable and uncountable, plural detachments)

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

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