- (n.) The act of detaching or separating or the state of being detached.
- (n.) That which is detached; especially, a body of troops or part of a fleet sent from the main body on special service.
- (n.) Abstraction from worldly objects; renunciation.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
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