-chmənt noun
( -s )
Etymology: French détachement, from détacher + -ment
1. : the act or fact of detaching : separation
detachment of a leaf from a twig
2.
a. : the dispatch of a body of troops or part of a fleet from the main body for a special mission or service
b. : the portion so dispatched
c. : a permanently organized separate unit usually smaller than a platoon and different in composition from normal units
a medical detachment
3. : indifference to worldly concerns or partisan opinion : absence of emotional bias : neutrality of feeling : unworldliness
saintly detachment
the detachment necessary to an historian