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 Definitions of detachment  [ɪˈtætʃ mənt]  

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Definition of 'detachment' Random House Webster's College Dictionary 

1. (n.) detachment
the act of detaching or the condition of being detached.

2.  detachment
aloofness; disinterest.

3.  detachment
freedom from prejudice or partiality.

4.  detachment
a body of troops or ships detached for a special mission.


Definition of 'detachment' Princeton's WordNet 

1. (noun) withdrawal, detachment
avoiding emotional involvement

2. (noun) detachment, disengagement
the act of releasing from an attachment or connection

3. (noun) insulation, insularity, insularism, detachment
the state of being isolated or detached
"the insulation of England was preserved by the English Channel"

4. (noun) detachment
a small unit of troops of special composition

5. (noun) separation, breakup, detachment
coming apart


Definition of 'detachment' Webster Dictionary 

1. (noun) detachment
the act of detaching or separating, or the state of being detached

2. (noun) detachment
that which is detached; especially, a body of troops or part of a fleet sent from the main body on special service

3. (noun) detachment
abstraction from worldly objects; renunciation


Definition of 'detachment' Dictionary of Military and Associated Terms 

1.  detachment
1. A part of a unit separated from its main organization for duty elsewhere. 2. A temporary military or naval unit formed from other units or parts of units. Also called DET.


Translation of 'detachment' Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary 

Sense: the state of not being influenced by emotion or prejudice.

Afrikaans flag Afrikaans: afgetrokkenheid, objektiw Arabic flag Arabic: عَدَم تَحَيُّز Bulgarian flag Bulgarian: безпристрастие
Brazilian flag Brazilian: indiferença Czech flag Czech: nestrannost, nezaujatost German flag German: die Unvoreingenommenheit
Danish flag Danish: uengagerethed Greek flag Greek: αποτασιοποίηση Spanish flag Spanish: objetividad, imparcialida
Estonian flag Estonian: erapooletus Farsi flag Farsi: بی اعتنایی Finnish flag Finnish: eläytymättömyys
French flag French: détachement Hebrew flag Hebrew: אוֹבייֶקטִיבִיוּת Hindi flag Hindi: तटस्थता
Croatian flag Croatian: nepristranost Hungarian flag Hungarian: (lelki) függetlenség Indonesian flag Indonesian: tak terpengaruh
Icelandic flag Icelandic: hlutleysi, hleypidómaleys Italian flag Italian: distacco, imparzialità Japanese flag Japanese: 超然としていること
Korean flag Korean: 공정 Lithuanian flag Lithuanian: bešališkumas Latvian flag Latvian: neatkarība; objektivitāte
Malay flag Malay: perpisahan Dutch flag Dutch: afstandelijkheid Norwegian flag Norwegian: upartiskhet, uengasjert h
Polish flag Polish: bezstronność Persian flag Persian: بی اعتنایی Pashto flag Pashto: بی اتبار
Portuguese flag Portuguese: indiferência Romanian flag Romanian: detaşare Russian flag Russian: беспристрастность
Slovak flag Slovak: nestrannosť Slovenian flag Slovenian: nepristranskost Serbian flag Serbian: nepristrasnost
Swedish flag Swedish: likgiltighet, opartiskhet Thai flag Thai: ความไม่ลำเอียง Turkish flag Turkish: yansızlık, tarafsızlık
Taiwanese flag Taiwanese: 公正超然 Ukrainian flag Ukrainian: відчуженість Urdu flag Urdu: بے تعلقی ، غیر جانبداری
Vietnamese flag Vietnamese: tính độc lập Chinese flag Chinese: 不偏不倚

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