aloofness

He had preserved a typically British aloofness during the voyage, and he had never spoken to her.

Both were nevertheless overpowered by the sense of their legitimacy and sacred aloofness.

He did not wish to imperil Alan's superb aloofness by involving him in the acrimonious and undignified defence of a friend.

But I knew that she was not deceived, then or later, by my new, almost hostile attitude of aloofness.