The Oxford Thesaurus An A-Z Dictionary of Synonyms - distancen.

1) remoteness, space, gap, interval, mileage, footage, stretch: What is the distance from here to your house? 2 aloofness, detachment, reserve, coolness, haughtiness, hauteur, stiffness, rigidity: He maintains a distance between himself and the servants. --v. 3) separate, detach, dissociate, disassociate: She distanced herself from her students.