Antonyms for detachment

Grammar : Noun

Spell : dih-tach-muhnt

Phonetic Transcription : dɪˈtætʃ mənt

Definition of detachment

Origin : 1660s, "action of detaching," from French détachement (17c.), from détacher (see detach). Meaning "portion of a military force" is from 1670s; that of "aloofness from objects or circumstances" is from 1798.

noun disconnection
noun aloofness
noun military troop

Example sentences :

Her detachment had impressed Chief Inspector Heat all along.
Extract from : « The Secret Agent » by Joseph Conrad

His example was followed by Torres, who commanded the other detachment.
Extract from : « Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 59, No. 364, February 1846 » by Various

This composite body of troops has been called Geddes's Detachment.
Extract from : « The Story of the Great War, Volume III (of VIII) » by Various

"There's a detachment moving in there from the south," said the Governor.
Extract from : « Two Thousand Miles Below » by Charles Willard Diffin

When the detachment arrived, nothing was left for them but plunder.
Extract from : « Chronicles of Border Warfare » by Alexander Scott Withers

Naturally, the art is the detachment and the lesson is in the perfect representation.
Extract from : « Mountain Meditations » by L. Lind-af-Hageby

The detachment of the King's guards returned to the Tuileries.
Extract from : « The Memoirs of Louis XIV., His Court and The Regency, Complete » by Duc de Saint-Simon

Roudier commanded the detachment remaining in the courtyard.
Extract from : « The Fortune of the Rougons » by Emile Zola

The detachment on duty there accompanied the prefect and the colonel as a guard of honour.
Extract from : « The Fortune of the Rougons » by Emile Zola

On the 25th of August, 1636, the detachment sailed from Boston.
Extract from : « King Philip » by John S. C. (John Stevens Cabot) Abbott

Synonyms for detachment

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