éloignement

French

Etymology

éloigner +‎ -ment

Noun

éloignement m (plural éloignements)

1. distancing (putting something further away)
2. removal
3. distance between two things
4. long time ago

   dans l'éloignement

   a long time ago

5. long distance
6. distance (lack of intimacy)

Further reading

• “éloignement”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.