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Disengagement

//ˌdɪs.ɪŋˈɡeɪd͡ʒ.mənt// noun

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    Release or detachment from a physical situation or other involvement. countable, uncountable

    "moral disengagement"

  2. 2
    to break off a military action with an enemy wordnet
  3. 3
    The release or separation of a chemical. countable, uncountable

    "The Indians of the Orellanna, also, tell of horrible noises heard occasionally in the Paraguaxo, […] Others have endeavored to account for these discharges of "mountain artillery" on humbler principles; attributing them […] to the disengagement of hydrogen, produced by subterraneous beds of coal in a state of ignition."

  4. 4
    the act of releasing from an attachment or connection wordnet
  5. 5
    Leisure; relief from responsibilities or onerous activities. countable, dated, uncountable
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  1. 6
    Withdrawal from combat, confrontation, or the assertion of influence. countable, uncountable
  2. 7
    Termination of an agreement to be married. countable, uncountable
  3. 8
    A circular movement of the blade that blocks an opponent's parry. countable, uncountable

    "There was a quick flash, a disengagement, a feint, a lunge that was like a man's, and as her long left arm shot out like lightning, her foil bent nearly double."

  4. 9
    The emergence of the fetus from the birth canal. countable, uncountable

Etymology

From dis- + engage + -ment.

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