Detach

de-tach′, v.t. to unfasten: to take from or separate: to withdraw: to send off on special service.— v.i. to separate one's self.— adj. Detach′able .— p.adj. Detached′ , unconnected: separate: free from care, pa ion, ambition, and worldly bonds.— adv. Detach′edly .— ns. Detach′edne ; Detach′ment , state of being separated: that which is detached, as a body of troops. [Fr. détacher — de , neg., and root of attach .]