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detachment
(encz) | detachment,nestrannost n: Zdeněk Brož |
detachment
(encz) | detachment,objektivita n: Zdeněk Brož |
detachment
(encz) | detachment,odloučení n: Zdeněk Brož |
Detachment
(gcide) | Detachment \De*tach"ment\, n. [Cf. F. d['e]tachement.]
1. The act of detaching or separating, or the state of being
detached.
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2. That which is detached; especially, a body of troops or
part of a fleet sent from the main body on special
service.
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Troops . . . widely scattered in little detachments.
--Bancroft.
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3. Abstraction from worldly objects; renunciation.
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A trial which would have demanded of him a most
heroic faith and the detachment of a saint. --J. H.
Newman.
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detachment
(wn) | detachment
n 1: avoiding emotional involvement [syn: withdrawal,
detachment]
2: the act of releasing from an attachment or connection [syn:
detachment, disengagement]
3: the state of being isolated or detached; "the insulation of
England was preserved by the English Channel" [syn:
insulation, insularity, insularism, detachment]
4: a small unit of troops of special composition
5: coming apart [syn: separation, breakup, detachment] |
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detachment of the retina
(encz) | detachment of the retina, n: |
retinal detachment
(encz) | retinal detachment, n: |
Detachment
(gcide) | Detachment \De*tach"ment\, n. [Cf. F. d['e]tachement.]
1. The act of detaching or separating, or the state of being
detached.
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2. That which is detached; especially, a body of troops or
part of a fleet sent from the main body on special
service.
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Troops . . . widely scattered in little detachments.
--Bancroft.
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3. Abstraction from worldly objects; renunciation.
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A trial which would have demanded of him a most
heroic faith and the detachment of a saint. --J. H.
Newman.
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detachment of the retina
(wn) | detachment of the retina
n 1: visual impairment resulting from the retina becoming
separated from the choroid in the back of the eye; treated
by photocoagulation [syn: retinal detachment, {detachment
of the retina}, detached retina] |
retinal detachment
(wn) | retinal detachment
n 1: visual impairment resulting from the retina becoming
separated from the choroid in the back of the eye; treated
by photocoagulation [syn: retinal detachment, {detachment
of the retina}, detached retina] |
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