Both Uses of
detach
in
A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man
- He chronicled with patience what he saw, detaching himself from it and tasting its mortifying flavour in secret.†
Chpt 2 *
- Smiling at the trivial air he raised his eyes to the priest's face and, seeing in it a mirthless reflection of the sunken day, detached his hand slowly which had acquiesced faintly in the companionship.†
Chpt 4
Definition:
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(detach) to separate something from something else (physically or emotionally)