DISENGAGE


Meaning of DISENGAGE in English

I. |dis+ verb

Etymology: French désengager, from Middle French desengager, from des- dis- (I) + engager to engage — more at engage

transitive verb

1. : to release from anything that engages, engrosses, involves, or entangles : free , liberate

2.

a. : to free from a pledge or obligation — now used only as a past participle

b. : to extricate from something that entangles

disengaging the rope from the gear

c. : to loosen or detach from something clung to

gently disengaged the baby fingers wrapped about his thumb

d. : to remove (troops) from combat

disengaged the first battalion

intransitive verb

1. : to release or detach oneself

2. : to shift one's blade from one side of an opponent's blade to the other in fencing

3. : to withdraw from combat

Synonyms: see detach

II. noun

( -s )

: the act of disengaging in fencing

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