n. 25B6; noun
they measured the distance : INTERVAL, space, span, gap, extent; length, width, breadth, depth; range, reach.
our perception of distance : REMOTENESS; closeness.
a mix of warmth and distance : ALOOFNESS, remoteness, detachment, unfriendliness; reserve, reticence, restraint, formality; informal stand-offishness.
25B6; verb he distanced himself from her : WITHDRAW, detach, separate, dissociate, isolate, put at a distance.
25A0; in the distance FAR AWAY/OFF, afar, just in view; on the horizon; archaic yonder.