Bible Dictionaries
Detachment

Webster's Dictionary

(1):

(n.) Abstraction from worldly objects; renunciation.

(2):

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

(3):

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

Bibliography Information
Webster, Noah. Entry for 'Detachment'. Noah Webster's American Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​web/​d/detachment.html. 1828.