disengagement

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disengagement

  • /ˌdɪs.ɪŋˈɡeɪd͡ʒ.mənt/

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From dis- + engage + -ment.

noun disengagements

  1. countable, uncountable Release or detachment from a physical situation or other involvement. moral disengagement
  2. countable, uncountable The release or separation of a chemical. 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
  3. countable, uncountable Withdrawal from combat, confrontation, or the assertion of influence.
  4. countable, uncountable Termination of an agreement to be married.
  5. countable, uncountable A circular movement of the blade that blocks an opponent's parry. 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.
  6. countable, uncountable The emergence of the fetus from the birth canal.
  7. countable, dated, uncountable Leisure; relief from responsibilities or onerous activities.

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noun termination of an agreement to be married

DeutschEntlobung

noun circular movement of a blade in fencing

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"disengagement." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/disengagement. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026.

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@misc{disengagement_2026,
  title = {disengagement},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/disengagement},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}