Antonyms for attachment
əˈtætʃ məntat·tach·ment

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1. attachment

   An attachment is a feeling that binds a person by ties of heart to another person or thing; we speak of a man's adherence to his purpose, his adhesion to his party, or to anything to which he clings tenaciously, tho with no special tenderness; of his attachment to his church, to the old homestead, or to any persons or objects that he may hold dear. Affection expresses more warmth of feeling; we should not speak of a mother's attachment to her babe, but of her affection or of her devotion. Inclination expresses simply a tendency, which may be good or bad, yielded to or overcome; as, an inclination to study; an inclination to drink. Regard is more distant than affection or attachment, but closer and warmer than esteem; we speak of high esteem, kind regard. Compare ACQUAINTANCE; APPENDAGE; FRIENDSHIP; LOVE; UNION.

   Antonyms:
   alienation, animosity, antipathy, aversion, coolness, dislike, distance, divorce, enmity, estrangement, indifference, opposition, repugnance, separation, severance

   Synonyms:
   adherence, adhesion, affection, devotion, esteem, esteem, estimation, friendship, inclination, love, regard, tenderness, union

   Preposition:
   Attachment of a true man to his friends; attachment to a leader for his nobility of character; the attachments between two persons or things; attachment by muscular fibers, or by a rope, etc.

Matched Categories

1. • Addition
   • Combination
   • Connection
   • Joining
   • Law
   • Writ

Princeton's WordNetRate these antonyms:0.0 / 0 votes

1. attachment, fond regardnoun

   a feeling of affection for a person or an institution

   Synonyms:
   adherence, bond, affixation, fastening, adhesion, fond regard

2. attachmentnoun

   a supplementary part or accessory

   Synonyms:
   adherence, bond, affixation, fastening, adhesion, fond regard

3. attachmentnoun

   a writ authorizing the seizure of property that may be needed for the payment of a judgment in a judicial proceeding

   Synonyms:
   adherence, bond, affixation, fastening, adhesion, fond regard

4. attachment, bondnoun

   a connection that fastens things together

   Synonyms:
   bail bond, bond certificate, adhesiveness, affixation, fastening, adherence, shackle, hamper, alliance, fond regard, bond paper, adhesion, bail, chemical bond, trammel, bond

5. attachment, adherence, adhesionnoun

   faithful support for a cause or political party or religion

   "attachment to a formal agenda"; "adherence to a fat-free diet"; "the adhesion of Seville was decisive"

   Synonyms:
   affixation, adherence, bond, fastening, adhesiveness, adhesion, fond regard

6. attachment, affixationnoun

   the act of attaching or affixing something

   Synonyms:
   adherence, bond, affixation, fastening, adhesion, fond regard

7. fastening, attachmentnoun

   the act of fastening things together

   Synonyms:
   affixation, fastener, adherence, fixing, bond, fastening, holdfast, adhesion, fond regard

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1. attachmentnoun

   Synonyms:
   devotedness, devotion, adherence, adjunct appendage, appurtenance, seizure, distress

How to use attachment in a sentence?

1. Andrew Pollack:

   I don't feel that much of an attachment to go for graduation.

2. Bill Hemmer:

   He was speaking for all those people, and he started a hunger drive for them. I mean, that's a pretty good way to start if you ask me, so when you're local, and you're born and bred, yeah, there's an immediate attachment.

3. Brandi Passante:

   I wasn't really allowed to have an identity for many, many years. And so these last couple of years I'm kind of coming into my own and figuring out who I am, i just don't have an attachment to anyone.

4. Susan Bain:

   No closures, no Velcro, nothing. No attachment of fabric, nothing.

5. Aaron McDonald:

   I currently have a client who just yesterday reported such a behavior in her dog, Isis. Her toddler has a tendency to climb and tumble. As a response, the dog now stands behind her to brace her fall. The owner gave no such instruction. What emotion drives that innovation, if not feelings of empathy ? Empathy is found at the heart of social attachment.

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