Webster's English Dictionary

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detachment

de.tach.ment \di-'tach-m*nt\ n 1: the action or process of detaching : 
   SEPARATION  2a: the dispatch of a body of troops or part of a fleet from 
   the main body  for a special mission or service 2b: the portion so 
   dispatched  2c: a permanently organized separate unit usu. smaller than a 
   platoon and d ifferent in composition from normal units 3a: indifference to 
   worldly concerns : ALOOFNESS, UNWORLDLINESS)M 3b: freedom from bias or 
   prejudice