v. t.
v. i. To push asunder; to come off or separate from anything; to disengage. [ 1913 Webster ]
[ A vapor ] detaching, fold by fold,
From those still heights. Tennyson. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. That can be detached. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. Separate; unconnected, or imperfectly connected;
Detached escapement.
n. [ Cf. F. détachement. ]
Troops . . . widely scattered in little detachments. Bancroft. [ 1913 Webster ]
A trial which would have demanded of him a most heroic faith and the detachment of a saint. J. H. Newman. [ 1913 Webster ]