detachment

The pontiff blasts the selfishness, arrogance and detachment of the cardinals in Rome.

A detachment of six volunteers, led by Lt. Alexandre Rosenberg, planned to stop the train at Aulnay, in the suburbs of Paris.

No because I want to preserve as much as possible my detachment and impartiality.

But this detachment gives the biography a dutiful, going-through-the-motions tone.

That sense of detachment from the caprices of Mother Nature is pretty unique in human history.

Bidding a young bank manager take charge of the detachment, Frank led the newcomer rapidly to headquarters.

In each case the tiny detachment discovered blackened walls and unburied corpses.

A double detachment of soldiers was already there, with orders to support him in case of resistance.

Presently tea was brought, but even then she preserved, smiling, her soft but complete detachment.

Some armed vessels were, however, speedily despatched from Rio, and a detachment of militia from St. Paul's.