Disengagement

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Disengagement \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.
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              It is easy to render this disengagement of caloric
              and light evident to the senses.      --Transl. of
                                                    Lavoisier.
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              A disengagement from earthly trammels. --Sir W.
                                                    Jones.
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     2. Freedom from engrossing occupation; leisure.
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              Disengagement is absolutely necessary to enjoyment.
                                                    --Bp. Butler.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  disengagement
       n 1: the act of releasing from an attachment or connection [syn:
            {detachment}]
       2: to break off a military action with an enemy [syn: {fallback},
           {pullout}]

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  54 Moby Thesaurus words for "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