detachment

• POS: Noun
• HYPHEN: de=tach=ment
• COUNT in NET: 2 in 2 verses (in NT : 2 in 2 verses)

OXFORD DICTIONARY

detachment, n.
1 a a state of aloofness from or indifference to other people, one's surroundings, public opinion, etc. b disinterested independence of judgement.
2 a the act or process of detaching or being detached. b an instance of this.
3 Mil. a separate group or unit of an army etc. used for a specific purpose.

Etymology

F d{eacute}tachement (as DETACH)

THESAURUS

detachment

Jim Crow, KP, Olympian detachment, abstraction, abulia, accidia, acedia, adjunct, age group, alienation, aloneness, aloofness, anxiety, anxiety equivalent, anxiety state, apartheid, apartness, apathy, army, army group, ataraxia, ataraxy, backwardness, band, bashfulness, battalion, battery, battle group, benumbedness, bevy, blah, blahs, blankness, body, boredom, breakup, brigade, bunch, cabal, cadre, carelessness, cast, casualness, catatonic stupor, celibacy, chill, chilliness, clearance, clique, cohort, coldness, column, comatoseness, combat command, combat team, company, complement, component, compulsion, constraint, contingent, coolness, corps, coterie, covey, crew, cross section, crowd, deactivation, dejection, demobilization, deportation, depression, detaching, detail, diaspora, disarticulation, disassociation, disbandment, discard, disconnectedness, disconnection, discontinuity, discreetness, discretion, disengagement, disintegration, disinterest, disinterestedness, disjointing, disjunction, dislocation, dismissal, disorganization, dispassion, dispassionateness, dispersal, dispersion, disposal, disposition, disregard, disregardfulness, dissolution, distance, disunion, division, divorce, divorcement, dole, dullness, easygoingness, ejection, elation, elimination, emotionalism, equitability, eradication, euphoria, evenhandedness, exile, expatriation, expressionlessness, expulsion, faction, fairness, field army, field train, file, fleet, flying column, folie du doute, fraction, frigidity, frostiness, gang, garrison, group, grouping, groupment, guardedness, heartlessness, hebetude, heedlessness, hopelessness, hypochondria, hysteria, hysterics, iciness, impartiality, impassiveness, impassivity, impersonality, in-group, inaccessibility, inappetence, inattention, incoherence, incuriosity, incuriousness, indifference, indifferentism, indifferentness, indiscrimination, inexcitability, insensibility, insouciance, installment, intellectual inertia, introversion, isolation, isolationism, item, junta, justness, keeping apart, kitchen police, lack of affect, lack of appetite, lack of interest, lackadaisicalness, languidness, legion, lethargicalness, lethargy, liquidation, listlessness, loftiness, loneliness, loneness, lonesomeness, luxation, mania, maniple, melancholia, mental distress, mindlessness, mob, modesty, movement, moving apart, negligence, neutrality, nonchalance, numbness, objectivity, obsession, offishness, organization, ostracism, out-group, outfit, outlawing, outlawry, pack, parcel, part, particular, parting, partition, party, passiveness, passivity, pathological indecisiveness, peer group, percentage, phalanx, phlegm, phlegmaticalness, phlegmaticness, platoon, plucklessness, pococurantism, portion, posse, preoccupation, privacy, privatism, privatization, psychalgia, psychomotor disturbance, purge, quadrant, quarantine, quarter, quota, random sample, rank, recess, recklessness, reclusion, regardlessness, regiment, release, remainder, remoteness, removal, repression, reserve, reservedness, resignation, resignedness, restraint, reticence, reticency, retirement, retreat, riddance, rupture, rustication, salon, sample, sampling, seclusion, secrecy, section, sector, segment, segmentation, selflessness, separateness, separating, separation, separatism, sequestration, set, severance, share, single blessedness, sloth, sluggishness, solitariness, solitude, sopor, soporifousness, spiritlessness, splendid isolation, split-up, spunklessness, squad, squadron, stable, standoffishness, stolidity, string, stupefaction, stupor, subdivision, subduedness, subgroup, subspecies, subtraction, supineness, suppression, suspension, tactical unit, task force, team, tic, torpidity, torpidness, torpor, train, tribe, troop, troupe, twitching, unaffability, unanxiousness, unapproachability, unbias, unbiasedness, unconcern, uncongeniality, undemonstrativeness, unexpansiveness, uninquisitiveness, uninterestedness, unit, unmindfulness, unopinionatedness, unprejudicedness, unresponsiveness, unselfishness, unsolicitousness, wing, withdrawal, withdrawnness, zoning

ROGET THESAURUS

detachment

Disjunction

N disjunction, disconnection, disunity, disunion, disassociation, disengagement, discontinuity, abjunction, cataclasm, inconnection, abstraction, abstractedness, isolation, insularity, insulation, oasis, island, separateness, severalty, disjecta membra, dispersion, apportionment, separation, parting, circumcision, detachment, segregation, divorce, sejunction, seposition, diduction, diremption, discerption, elision, caesura, break, fracture, division, subdivision, rupture, compartition, dismemberment, dislocation, luxation, severance, disseverance, scission, rescission, abscission, laceration, dilaceration, disruption, abruption, avulsion, divulsion, section, resection, cleavage, fission, partibility, separability, fissure, breach, rent, split, rift, crack, slit, incision, dissection anatomy, decomposition, cutting instrument, buzzsaw, circular saw, rip saw, separatist, disjoined, discontinuous, multipartite, abstract, disjunctive, secant, isolated, insular, separate, disparate, discrete, apart, asunder, far between, loose, free, unattached, unannexed, unassociated, unconnected, distinct, adrift, straggling, rift, reft, scissile, divisible, discerptible, partible, separable, separately, one by one, severally, apart, adrift, asunder, in twain, in the abstract, abstractedly.

Part

N part, portion, dose, item, particular, aught, any, division, ward, subdivision, section, chapter, clause, count, paragraph, verse, article, passage, sector, segment, fraction, fragment, cantle, frustum, detachment, parcel, piece, lump, bit cut, cutting, chip, chunk, collop, slice, scale, lamina, small part, morsel, particle, installment, dividend, share, debris, odds and ends, oddments, detritus, excerpta, member, limb, lobe, lobule, arm, wing, scion, branch, bough, joint, link, offshoot, ramification, twig, bush, spray, sprig, runner, leaf, leaflet, stump, component part, sarmentum, compartment, department, county, fractional, fragmentary, sectional, aliquot, divided, in compartments, multifid, disconnected, partial, partly, in part, partially, piecemeal, part by part, by by installments, by snatches, by inches, by driblets, bit by bit, inch by inch, foot by foot, drop by drop, in detail, in lots.

Combatant

N combatant, disputant, controversialist, polemic, litigant, belligerent, competitor, rival, corrival, fighter, assailant, champion, Paladin, mosstrooper, swashbuckler fire eater, duelist, bully, bludgeon man, rough, prize fighter, pugilist, boxer, bruiser, the fancy, gladiator, athlete, wrestler, fighting-cock, game-cock, warrior, soldier, fighting man, Amazon, man at arms, armigerent, campaigner, veteran, swordsman, sabreur, redcoat, military man, Rajput, armed force, troops, soldiery, military forces, sabaoth, the army, standing army, regulars, the line, troops of the line, militia, yeomanry, volunteers, trainband, fencible, auxiliary, bersagliere, brave, garde-nationale, garde-royale, minuteman, auxiliary forces, reserve forces, reserves, posse comitatus, national guard, gendarme, beefeater, guards, guardsman, yeomen of the guard, life guards, household troops, janissary, myrmidon, Mama, Mameluke, spahee, spahi, Cossack, Croat, Pandoz, irregular, guerilla, partisan, condottiere, franctireur, tirailleur, bashi-bazouk, vietminh, vietcong, shining path, contras, huk, hukbalahap, mercenary, soldier of fortune, hired gun, gunfighter, gunslinger, bushwhacker, free lance, companion, Hessian, hit man torpedo, soldier, levy, draught, Landwehr, Landsturm, conscript, recruit, cadet, raw levies, infantry, infantryman, private, private soldier, foot soldier, Tommy Atkins, rank and file, peon, trooper, sepoy, legionnaire, legionary, cannon fodder, food for powder, officer, subaltern, ensign, standard bearer, spearman, pikeman, spear bearer, halberdier, lancer, musketeer, carabineer, rifleman, jager, sharpshooter, yager, skirmisher, grenadier, fusileer, archer, bowman, horse and foot, horse soldier, cavalry, horse, artillery, horse artillery, light horse, voltigeur, uhlan, mounted rifles, dragoon, hussar, light dragoon, heavy dragoon, heavy, cuirassier, Foot Guards, Horse Guards, gunner, cannoneer, bombardier, artilleryman, matross, sapper, sapper and miner, engineer, light infantry, rifles, chasseur, zouave, military train, coolie, army, corps d'armee, host, division, battalia, column, wing, detachment, garrison, flying column, brigade, regiment, corps, battalion, sotnia, squadron, company, platoon, battery, subdivision, section, squad, piquet, picket, guard, rank, file, legion, phalanx, cohort, cloud of skirmishers, war horse, charger, destrier, marine, man-of-war's man, navy, wooden walls, naval forces, fleet, flotilla, armada, squadron, man-of-war, destroyer, submarine, minesweeper, torpedo-boat, torpedo-destroyer, patrol torpedo boat, PT boat, torpedo- catcher, war castle, H, M, S, battleship, battle wagon, dreadnought, line of battle ship, ship of the line, aircraft carrier, carrier, flattop, helicopter carrier, missile platform, missile boat, ironclad, turret ship, ram, monitor, floating battery, first- rate, frigate, sloop of war, corvette, gunboat, bomb vessel, flagship, guard ship, cruiser, armored cruiser, protected cruiser, privateer, tender, store ship, troop ship, transport, catamaran, merchant marine.