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Disengage [Verb transitive] Webster's Dictionary 1828

1. To separate, as a substance from any thing with which it is in union; to free; to loose; to liberate; as, to disengage a metal from extraneous substances.

2. Caloric and light must be disengaged during the process.

3. To separate from that to which one adheres, or is attached; as, to disengage a man from a party.

4. To disentangle; to extricate; to clear from impediments, difficulties or perplexities; as, to disengage one from broils or controversies.

5. To detach; to withdraw; to wean; as, to disengage the heart or affections from earthly pursuits.

6. To free from any thing that commands the mind, or employs the attention; as, to disengage the mind from study; to disengage ones self from business.

7. To release or liberate from a promise or obligation; to set free by dissolving an engagement; as, the men, who were enlisted, are now disengaged; the lady, who had promised to give her hand in marriage, is disengaged. Let it be observed that disengaged properly implies previous engagement; and is not to be confounded with unengaged, which does not always imply prior engagement. This distinction is sometimes carelessly overlooked.

Disengage [Verb intransitive] Webster's Dictionary 1913

To release one's self; to become detached; to free one's self.

Disengage [Verb transitive] Webster's Dictionary 1913

To release from that with which anything is engaged, engrossed, involved, or entangled; to extricate; to detach; to set free; to liberate; to clear; as, to disengage one from a party, from broils and controversies, from an oath, promise, or occupation; to disengage the affections a favorite pursuit, the mind from study.

Disengaged [Participle passive] Webster's Dictionary 1828

1. Separated; detached; set free; released; disjoined; disentangled.

2. a. Vacant; being at leisure; not particularly occupied; not having the attention confined to a particular object. [This word is thus used by mistake for unengaged, not engaged.]

Disengaged [Adjective] Webster's Dictionary 1913

Not engaged; free from engagement; at leisure; free from occupation or care; vacant.

Disengaged [Imperfect tense and past participle] Webster's Dictionary 1913

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Disengagedness [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1828

1. The quality or state of being disengaged; freedom from connection; disjunction.

2. Vacuity of attention.

Disengagement [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1828

1. A setting free; separation; extrication.

2. It is easy to render this disengagement of caloric and light evident to the senses.

3. The act of separating or detaching.

4. Liberation or release from obligation.

5. Freedom from attention; vacancy; leisure.

Disengagement [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1913

1. The act of disengaging or setting free, or the state of being disengaged.

2. Freedom from engrossing occupation; leisure.