Usually means: Separation from emotional or physical attachment.
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We found 35 dictionaries that define the word detachment:

General (24 matching dictionaries)
  1. detachment: Merriam-Webster.com
  2. detachment: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. detachment: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. detachment: Collins English Dictionary
  5. detachment: Vocabulary.com
  6. Detachment, detachment: Wordnik
  7. detachment: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  8. detachment: Wiktionary
  9. detachment: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  10. detachment: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  11. detachment: Infoplease Dictionary
  12. Detachment, detachment: Dictionary.com
  13. detachment: Cambridge Essential American English Dictionary
  14. Detachment (film), Detachment (military), Detachment (philosophy), Detachment (territory), Detachment: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  15. Detachment: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  16. detachment: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  17. detachment: Rhymezone
  18. detachment: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  19. detachment: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
  20. detachment: Free Dictionary
  21. detachment: Mnemonic Dictionary
  22. detachment: Dictionary/thesaurus

Business (1 matching dictionary)
  1. detachment: Legal dictionary

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. detachment: Encyclopedia

Medicine (4 matching dictionaries)
  1. Dorland's Illustrated Medical Dictionary (No longer online)
  2. online medical dictionary (No longer online)
  3. Terms in the field of Psychiatry and Neurology (No longer online)
  4. detachment: Medical dictionary

Science (1 matching dictionary)
  1. detachment: PlanetMath Encyclopedia

Slang (1 matching dictionary)
  1. detachment: Urban Dictionary

Sports (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Hickok Sports Glossaries (No longer online)

Tech (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. AUTOMOTIVE TERMS (No longer online)
  2. Lake and Water Word Glossary (No longer online)

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Definitions from Wiktionary (
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American English Definition British English Definition
noun:  (uncountable) The action of detaching; separation.
noun:  (uncountable) The state of being detached or disconnected; insulation.
noun:  (uncountable) Indifference to the concerns of others; disregard; nonchalance; aloofness.
noun:  (uncountable) Absence of bias; impartiality; objectivity.
noun:  (uncountable, military) The separation of a military unit from the main body for a particular purpose or special mission.
noun:  (countable, military) The unit so dispatched.
noun:  (countable, military) A permanent unit organized for special duties.
noun:  (countable) Any smaller portion of a main body separately employed.

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