1 [U] the state of not being involved in sth in an emotional or personal way:
He answered with an air of detachment. * She felt a sense of detachment from what was going on.
2 [U] (approving) the state of not being influenced by other people or by your own feelings:
In judging these issues a degree of critical detachment is required.
3 [C] a group of soldiers, ships, etc. sent away from a larger group, especially to do special duties:
a detachment of artillery
4 [U] the act of detaching sth; the process of being detached from sth:
to suffer detachment of the retina
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This is a English–English dictionary entry.
Sourced from Main Dictionary in Lughet's collection.
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Is detachment a noun, verb, or something else?
In this entry, detachment is tagged as noun.
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