detachment
Meaning of detachment
noun
- The action of detaching; separation.
- The state of being detached or disconnected; insulation.
- Indifference to the concerns of others; disregard; nonchalance; aloofness.
- Absence of bias; impartiality; objectivity.
- The separation of a military unit from the main body for a particular purpose or special mission.
- The unit so dispatched.
- A permanent unit organized for special duties.
- Any smaller portion of a main body separately employed.
Information about detachment
- It is a name.
- The plural form of detachment is: detachments.
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Hyphenation of detachment
de-tach-ment
- It consists of 3 syllables and 10 chars.
- detachment is a word trisyllabic because it has three syllables
detachment synonyms
Meaning withdrawal:
Meaning disengagement:
Meaning insulation:
insulation, insularity, insularism
Meaning separation:
Translation of detachment
- Italian: stacco
- German: Abmachen
- French: détachement
- Spanish: desprendimiento
- Portuguese: destaque
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