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n. The state or quality of being distant or remote.

"For the kid to want Daddy's approval it must respect Daddy, and being garbage, Daddy can make sure that he is respected only by remaining aloof, by distantness, by acting on the precept of ` familiarity breeds contempt ', which is, of course, true, if one is contemptible."

remoteness    reservedness    aloofness