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Synonyms of detachment in English:

detachment


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See Spanish definition of distancia

noun

1‘as an anthropologist you look on everything with detachment’

SYNONYMS
objectivity, dispassion, dispassionateness, disinterest, indifference, aloofness, remoteness, distance, open-mindedness, neutrality, lack of bias, lack of prejudice, impartiality, fairness, fair-mindedness, equitability, even-handedness, unselfishness
ANTONYMS

bias, involvement

2‘a detachment of soldiers’

SYNONYMS
unit, detail, squad, troop, contingent, outfit, task force, crew, patrol, section, formation
squadron, flight, division, platoon, company, corps, regiment, brigade, battalion, force, garrison, legion

3‘moisture coming through the plaster accounted for the detachment of the wallpaper’

SYNONYMS
loosening, disconnection, unfastening, disengagement, parting, separation, uncoupling, removal, loosing, untying, unhitching, undoing, unhooking, unbuttoning, unzipping, freeing, severing, pulling off, cutting off, hacking off, chopping off, pruning, breaking off, disuniting
ANTONYMS

attachment