detachment
noun
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Senses
Sense 1 noun
avoiding emotional involvement
Types & categories
- indifference hypernym
Related & opposite
- retire derivation
Sense 2 noun
the act of releasing from an attachment or connection
Types & categories
- separation hypernym
Related & opposite
Sense 3 noun
the state of being isolated or detached
the insulation of England was preserved by the English Channel
Types & categories
- isolation hypernym
Related & opposite
Sense 4 noun
a small unit of troops of special composition
Types & categories
- army unit hypernym
- bodyguard hyponym
- patrol hyponym
- picket hyponym
- press gang hyponym
- provost guard hyponym
- rearguard hyponym
Parts & wholes
- flanker member meronym
Related & opposite
- detach derivation
Sense 5 noun
coming apart
Types & categories
Related & opposite
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | retire |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | indifference |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | disengage |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | detach |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | disengage |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | separation |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | isolate |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | insular |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | insular |
| 3 | hypernym | Types & categories | isolation |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | detach |
| 4 | member meronym | Parts & wholes | flanker |
| 4 | hypernym | Types & categories | army unit |
| 4 | hyponym | Types & categories | bodyguard |
| 4 | hyponym | Types & categories | patrol |
| 4 | hyponym | Types & categories | picket |
| 4 | hyponym | Types & categories | press gang |
| 4 | hyponym | Types & categories | provost guard |
| 4 | hyponym | Types & categories | rearguard |
| 5 | derivation | Related & opposite | come off |
| 5 | derivation | Related & opposite | part |
| 5 | derivation | Related & opposite | break up |
| 5 | derivation | Related & opposite | part |
| 5 | hypernym | Types & categories | change |
| 5 | hyponym | Types & categories | severance |
| 5 | hyponym | Types & categories | break |