Synonyms of the word

detachment

• n. (uncountable) The action of detaching; separation.
• n. (uncountable) The state of being detached or disconnected; insulation.
• n. (uncountable) Indifference to the concerns of others; disregard; nonchalance; aloofness.
• n. (uncountable) Absence of bias; impartiality; objectivity.
• n. (uncountable, military) The separation of a military unit from the main body for particular purpose or…
• n. (countable, military) The unit so dispatched.
• n. (countable, military) A permanent unit organized for special duties.
• n. (countable) Any smaller portion of a main body separately employed.

alteration

• n. The act of altering or making different.
• n. The state of being altered; a change made in the form or nature of a thing; changed condition.

breakup

• n. The act of breaking up; disintegration or division.
• n. The termination of a friendship, or a romantic relationship.
• n. A loss of emotional control; a breakdown.
• n. (Alaska) Spring.

change

• v. (intransitive) To become something different.
• v. (transitive, ergative) To make something into something different.
• v. (transitive) To replace.
• v. (intransitive) To replace one's clothing.
• v. (intransitive) To transfer to another vehicle (train, bus, etc.).
• v. (archaic) To exchange.
• v. (transitive) To change hand while riding (a horse).
• n. (countable) The process of becoming different.
• n. (uncountable) Small denominations of money given in exchange for a larger denomination.
• n. (countable) A replacement, e.g. a change of clothes.
• n. (uncountable) Money given back when a customer hands over more than the exact price of an item.
• n. (uncountable) Coins (as opposed to paper money).
• n. (countable) A transfer between vehicles.
• n. (baseball) A change-up pitch.
• n. (campanology) Any order in which a number of bells are struck, other than that of the diatonic scale.
• n. (dated) A place where merchants and others meet to transact business; an exchange.
• n. (Scotland, dated) A public house; an alehouse.

disengagement

• n. Release or detachment from a physical situation or other involvement.
• n. The separation or release of a chemical.
• n. (dated) Leisure; relief from responsibilities or onerous activities.
• n. (military, politics) Withdrawal from combat, confrontation, or the assertion of influence.
• n. Termination of an agreement to be married.
• n. (fencing) A circular movement of the blade that blocks an opponent's parry.
• n. (medicine, obstetrics) The emergence of the fetus from the birth canal.

indifference

• n. The state of being indifferent.
• n. Unbiased impartiality.
• n. Unemotional apathy.
• n. A lack of enthusiasm.
• n. Unconcerned nonchalance.

insularism

• n. Insular behavior.

insularity

• n. The quality or property of being insular.

insulation

• n. The act of insulating, or the state of being insulated; detachment from other objects; isolation.
• n. Any of a variety of materials designed to reduce the flow of heat, either from or into a building.
• n. (engineering) The act of separating a body from others by nonconductors, so as to prevent the transfer…
• n. (engineering) The state of a body so separated.
• n. (electrical) a medium in which it is possible to maintain an electrical field with little supply of energy…

isolation

• n. (chiefly uncountable) The state of being isolated, detached, or separated.
• n. The state of being away from other people.
• n. The act of isolating.
• n. (diplomacy, of a country) The state of not having diplomatic relations with other countries (either with…
• n. (chemistry) The obtaining of an element from one of its compounds, or of a compound from a mixture.
• n. (medicine) The separation of a patient, suffering from a contagious disease, from contact with others.
• n. (databases) a database property that determines when and how changes made in one transaction are visible…

modification

• n. the act or result of modifying or the condition of being modified.
• n. an alteration or adjustment to something.
• n. a change to an organism as a result of its environment that is not transmissable to offspring.
• n. (linguistics) a change to a word when it is borrowed by another language.
• n. (linguistics) the change undergone by a word when used in a construction (for instance am => 'm in…

separation

• n. The act of disuniting two or more things, or the condition of being separated.
• n. The place at which a division occurs.
• n. An interval, gap or space that separates things.
• n. (law) An agreement terminating a relationship between husband and wife, but short of a divorce.
• n. (military) Departure from active duty, while not necessarily leaving the service entirely.

withdrawal

• n. Receiving from someone's care what one has earlier entrusted to them. Usually refers to money.
• n. A method of birth control which consists of removing the penis from the vagina before ejaculation.
• n. A type of metabolic shock the body undergoes when a substance, usually a toxin such as heroin, to which…
• n. An act of withdrawing.