Definitions:

1. a distant region noun
   • I could see it in the distance
2. a remote point in time noun
   • if that happens it will be at some distance in the future
3. go far ahead of verb
   • I distanced them on my way to California.
4. indifference by personal withdrawal noun
   • emotional distance
5. keep at a distance verb
   • we have to distance ourselves from these events in order to continue living
6. size of the gap between two places noun
   • the distance from New York to Chicago
7. the interval between two times noun
   • the distance from birth to death

Synonyms:

• aloofness
• length
• outdistance
• outstrip
• space