detachment

noun

1. avoiding emotional involvement

Similar word(s): withdrawal

Definition categories: feeling, indifference

2. the act of releasing from an attachment or connection

Similar word(s): disengagement

Definition categories: act, separation

3. the state of being isolated or detached

Similar word(s): insularism, insularity, insulation

Definition categories: state, isolation

4. a small unit of troops of special composition

Definition categories: group

5. coming apart

Similar word(s): breakup, separation

Definition categories: event, alteration, change, modification