Other forms: detached, detaching, detaches
To detach is to unfasten one part from another. Detach the coupon, a detached house, detach yourself from it.
In Britain a detached house is one that touches no other, which is the single biggest thing estate agents price on. To detach yourself from a situation is to step back emotionally, and detachment in that sense can be a strength or a warning sign.
1verbdetachTo unfasten one part from another.
“You can detach the hood from the jacket when the weather is warm.”
detach is a separating.
Old French destachier, from the same root as attach, from a Germanic word meaning to fasten.
Old French
destachier
English, today
detach
From Old French destachier, from the same root as attach; compare French détacher and Portuguese and Spanish destacar.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA