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Men chatted casually, not getting involved (10)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

detachment

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'not getting involved' is the definition.
I can't judge whether this defines the answer.

'men chatted casually' is the wordplay.
'casually' indicates anagramming the letters (I've seen this in other clues).
'men'+'chatted'='menchatted'
'menchatted' with letters rearranged gives 'DETACHMENT'.

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(Other definitions for detachment that I've seen before include "some engaged in military action?" , "Coolness - body of troops" , "squad" , "Unit of soldiers" , "Military unit" .)

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