n. The act of corrupting; the act of seducing from virtue or duty. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. [ Cf. F. détachement. ]
Troops . . . widely scattered in little detachments. Bancroft. [ 1913 Webster ]
A trial which would have demanded of him a most heroic faith and the detachment of a saint. J. H. Newman. [ 1913 Webster ]