See Also: disengagement(medicine)
disengagement(dictionary)

disengagement (iou)



disengagement noun. M17.
[formed as DISENGAGED + -MENT, after ENGAGEMENT or French desengagement.]
Absence of engagement or involvement; the action of disengaging or of freeing from involvement. (Foll. by from.) M17.
W. J. M. Rankine Effecting..disengagement by wheels in rolling contact. R. Garnett That disengagement from all traditional and conventional influences..which characterises younger men.
b. Liberation of gas, heat, etc. L18.
Freedom from (mental) occupation; detachment; ease of manner or behaviour. E18.
The breaking of an engagement to be married. L18.
Fencing. = DISENGAGE noun. L18.
A withdrawal of military forces; a renunciation of military or political influence in a specified area. M20.