Synonyms for detachment
dɪˈtætʃ məntde·tach·ment

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1. withdrawal, detachmentnoun

   avoiding emotional involvement

   Synonyms:
   separation, insularity, drug withdrawal, onanism, insulation, backdown, climb-down, insularism, coitus interruptus, disengagement, withdrawal method, withdrawal, pulling out, secession, breakup

2. detachment, disengagementnoun

   the act of releasing from an attachment or connection

   Synonyms:
   separation, fallback, pullout, insulation, insularism, disengagement, withdrawal, insularity, breakup

3. insulation, insularity, insularism, detachmentnoun

   the state of being isolated or detached

   "the insulation of England was preserved by the English Channel"

   Synonyms:
   separation, insulation, insulating material, disengagement, insularism, insulant, withdrawal, insularity, breakup

4. detachmentnoun

   a small unit of troops of special composition

   Synonyms:
   breakup, insularism, disengagement, insulation, insularity, withdrawal, separation

5. separation, breakup, detachmentnoun

   coming apart

   Synonyms:
   legal separation, insulation, separation, dissolution, disengagement, insularism, breakup, withdrawal, insularity, interval

Matched Categories

1. • Army Unit
   • Change
   • Indifference
   • Isolation
   • Separation

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1. detachmentnoun

   Synonyms:
   disconnection, separation, disunion, isolation, segregation

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1. List of paraphrases for "detachment":

   secondment, posting, détachement, detachments, seconded, outposting, det

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1. Edward Ramotowski:

   All applicable security checks were done for that individual, Ms. Malik, that includes an immigrant visa interview, it includes facial recognition screening, it includes interagency counterterrorism screening, it included a review by the visa security unit of immigration and customs enforcement, which as a detachment in Islamabad in our embassy there and it included the full biometric fingerprint checks and in all cases, the results of those checks were clear. There were no indications of any ill intent by that individual at the time the visa was issued.

2. Mohsin Mirza:

   So there's a certain detachment.

3. Evo Morales:

   Sisters and brothers, I leave for Mexico, grateful for the detachment of the government of that brother town that gave us asylum to take care of our lives, it hurts to leave the country for political reasons, but I will always be alert.

4. Kane Ray:

   In the A320 family, accidents and incidents range from fan-cowl detachment, landing gear collapse, bird strikes right through to hull-losses through pilot error, most aircraft have teething problems and in most cases these are eradicated. Very rarely, these issues cause disasters -- largely because of a culmination of factors that lead to the event.

5. James Cason:

   We had a cipher code clerk go to a bar and be approached by a good looking person, when the wife of the (head of Marine detachment) went on vacation, two blondes knocked on the door and asked if he wanted company.