adjective
Etymology: from past participle of remove (I)
1.
a. : distant in degree of relationship
b. of a cousin : belonging to a generation separated from the propositus by a given degree of lineal consanguinity : of a younger or older generation — used in law only of cousins of a younger generation
a second cousin's child is a second cousin once removed
a first cousin's grandchild is a first cousin twice removed
2. : separate or remote (as in space, time, or character) from something : distant , away , off
with peace as far removed as it had been at the time of his election — F.L.Paxson
considerations entirely removed from politics
• re·moved·ly -və̇dlē, -vd- adverb
• re·moved·ness -və̇dnə̇s, -v(d)n- noun -es