detachment

detachment is a 10-letter English word with 8 senses as noun in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: The act of detaching or separating, or the state of being detached. Face value is 18 in Scrabble and 20 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.

10 letters · Scrabble 18 · Words With Friends 20 · 8 senses

Definitions

1. noun. The act of detaching or separating, or the state of being detached.
2. noun. That which is detached; especially, a body of troops or part of a fleet sent from the main body on special service.
3. noun. Abstraction from worldly objects; renunciation.
4. noun. the act of releasing from an attachment or connection

   Synonyms: disengagement

5. noun. coming apart

   Synonyms: breakup, separation

6. noun. avoiding emotional involvement

   Synonyms: withdrawal

7. noun. a small unit of troops of special composition
8. noun. the state of being isolated or detached

   "the insulation of England was preserved by the English Channel"

   Synonyms: insularism, insularity, insulation

Synonyms

disengagement, breakup, separation, withdrawal, insularism, insularity, insulation

Common word forms

detachments

Words from these letters

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