About The Word Disengagement
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Disengagement
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What's The Definition Of Disengagement?
[n] to break off a military action with an enemy
[n] the act of releasing from an attachment or connection Synonyms | Synonyms for Disengagement: detachment | fallback | pullout Related Terms | Find terms related to Disengagement: abstraction | alienation | breaking out | clearing | detachment | disarticulation | disassociation | disburdening | disconnectedness | disconnection | discontinuity | disembarrassment | disembroilment | disencumbrance | disentanglement | disinvolvement | disjointing | disjunction | dislocation | dislodgment | disunion | division | divorce | divorcement | extrication | fallback | freeing | incoherence | isolation | luxation | parting | partition | pullback | pullout | reculade | releasing | removal | retirement | retreat | segmentation | separation | separatism | subdivision | subtraction | uncluttering | unhampering | unknotting | unraveling | unscrambling | unsnarling | untangling | withdrawal | withdrawment | zoning See Also | retreat | separation Disengagement In Webster's Dictionary \Dis`en*gage"ment\, n. [Pref. dis- + engagement:
cf. F. d['e]sengagement.]
1. The act of disengaging or setting free, or the state of
being disengaged.
It is easy to render this disengagement of caloric
and light evident to the senses. --Transl. of
Lavoisier.
A disengagement from earthly trammels. --Sir W.
Jones.
2. Freedom from engrossing occupation; leisure.
Disengagement is absolutely necessary to enjoyment.
--Bp. Butler.
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