1. (n.) The act of detaching or separating, or the state of being detached.

2. (n.) That which is detached; especially, a body of troops or part of a fleet sent from the main body on special service.

3. (n.) Abstraction from worldly objects; renunciation.

Jim Crow KP Olympian detachment abstraction abulia accidia acedia adjunct age group alienation aloneness aloofness anxiety anxiety equivalent anxiety state apartheid apartness apathy army army group ataraxia ataraxy backwardness band bashfulness battalion battery battle group benumbedness bevy blah blahs blankness body boredom breakup brigade bunch cabal cadre carelessness cast casualness catatonic stupor celibacy chill chilliness clearance clique cohort coldness column comatoseness combat command combat team company complement component compulsion constraint contingent coolness corps coterie covey crew cross section crowd deactivation dejection demobilization deportation depression detaching detail diaspora disarticulation disassociation disbandment discard disconnectedness disconnection discontinuity discreetness discretion disengagement disintegration disinterest disinterestedness disjointing disjunction dislocation dismissal disorganization dispassion dispassionateness dispersal dispersion disposal disposition disregard disregardfulness dissolution distance disunion division divorce divorcement dole dullness easygoingness ejection elation elimination emotionalism equitability eradication euphoria evenhandedness exile expatriation expressionlessness expulsion faction fairness field army field train file fleet flying column folie du doute fraction frigidity frostiness gang garrison group grouping groupment guardedness heartlessness hebetude heedlessness hopelessness hypochondria hysteria hysterics iciness impartiality impassiveness impassivity impersonality in-group inaccessibility inappetence inattention incoherence incuriosity incuriousness indifference indifferentism indifferentness indiscrimination inexcitability insensibility insouciance installment intellectual inertia introversion isolation isolationism item junta justness keeping apart kitchen police lack of affect lack of appetite lack of interest lackadaisicalness languidness legion lethargicalness lethargy liquidation listlessness loftiness loneliness loneness lonesomeness luxation mania maniple melancholia mental distress mindlessness mob modesty movement moving apart negligence neutrality nonchalance numbness objectivity obsession offishness organization ostracism out-group outfit outlawing outlawry pack parcel part particular parting partition party passiveness passivity pathological indecisiveness peer group percentage phalanx phlegm phlegmaticalness phlegmaticness platoon plucklessness pococurantism portion posse preoccupation privacy privatism privatization psychalgia psychomotor disturbance purge quadrant quarantine quarter quota random sample rank recess recklessness reclusion regardlessness regiment release remainder