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| Date: | 1600-1700 |
| Language: | French |
| Origin: | détacher, from Old French destachier, from atachier 'to attach' |
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de‧tach
1 [intransitive and transitive] if you detach something, or if it detaches, it becomes separated from the thing it was attached to [≠ attach] Please detach and fill out the application form.
Please detach and fill out the application form.2 to try to be less involved in or less concerned about a situation : Doctors have to detach themselves from their feelings.
detach yourself from somebody/something
Doctors have to detach themselves from their feelings.