noun. The state of being remote, in any sense.

noun. In the law of conveyancing, a ground of objection to the validity of an estate in real property, attempted to be created, but not created in such manner as to take effect within the time prescribed by law (computed with reference to a life or lives in being), so that, if carried into effect, it would protract the inalienability of land against the policy of the law. See perpetuity.

noun. the quality of being remote

noun. a disposition to be distant and unsympathetic in manner

noun. the property of being remote

"* The judgment against Eichmann speaks to Bybee: Far from absolving him of guilt, his remoteness from the actual torturers — his thoughtlessness — increases the degree of his responsibility."

aloofness  apathy  dreariness  emptiness  fragility