Detachment
Pronunciation : De*tach"ment
Part of Speech : n.
Etymology : [Cf. F. d?tachement.]
Definition : 1. The act of detaching or separating, or the state of being detached.
2. That which is detached; especially, a body of troops or part of a fleet sent from the main body on special service. Troops . . . widely scattered in little detachments. Bancroft.
3. Abstraction from worldly objects; renunciation. A trial which would have demanded of him a most heroic faith and the detachment of a saint. J. H. Newman.
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913