Antonyms for detachment


Grammar : Noun
Spell : dih-tach-muhnt
Phonetic Transcription : dɪˈtætʃ mənt


Definition of detachment

Origin :
  • 1660s, "action of detaching," from French détachement (17c.), from détacher (see detach). Meaning "portion of a military force" is from 1670s; that of "aloofness from objects or circumstances" is from 1798.
  • noun disconnection
  • noun aloofness
  • noun military troop
Example sentences :
  • Her detachment had impressed Chief Inspector Heat all along.
  • Extract from : « The Secret Agent » by Joseph Conrad
  • His example was followed by Torres, who commanded the other detachment.
  • Extract from : « Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 59, No. 364, February 1846 » by Various
  • This composite body of troops has been called Geddes's Detachment.
  • Extract from : « The Story of the Great War, Volume III (of VIII) » by Various
  • "There's a detachment moving in there from the south," said the Governor.
  • Extract from : « Two Thousand Miles Below » by Charles Willard Diffin
  • When the detachment arrived, nothing was left for them but plunder.
  • Extract from : « Chronicles of Border Warfare » by Alexander Scott Withers
  • Naturally, the art is the detachment and the lesson is in the perfect representation.
  • Extract from : « Mountain Meditations » by L. Lind-af-Hageby
  • The detachment of the King's guards returned to the Tuileries.
  • Extract from : « The Memoirs of Louis XIV., His Court and The Regency, Complete » by Duc de Saint-Simon
  • Roudier commanded the detachment remaining in the courtyard.
  • Extract from : « The Fortune of the Rougons » by Emile Zola
  • The detachment on duty there accompanied the prefect and the colonel as a guard of honour.
  • Extract from : « The Fortune of the Rougons » by Emile Zola
  • On the 25th of August, 1636, the detachment sailed from Boston.
  • Extract from : « King Philip » by John S. C. (John Stevens Cabot) Abbott

Synonyms for detachment

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