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disengagement

[ dis-en-geyj-muhnt ]

noun

  1. the act or process of disengaging or the state of being disengaged.
  2. freedom from obligation or occupation; leisure.
  3. Obstetrics. (during childbirth) the emergence of the head or the presenting part of the fetus from the vulva.


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Word History and Origins

Origin of disengagement1

First recorded in 1640–50; disengage + -ment

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Example Sentences

Steinitz, like many Israeli politicians, supported the 2005 withdrawal from Gaza, known at the time as disengagement.

What my interviews taught me is that many guys believe that academic disengagement is a sign of their masculinity.

Moreover, defining Mori's actions as a form of disengagement from Israel is wrong.

Obama needs something like what Henry Kissinger was for Richard Nixon during the post-1973 disengagement shuttles.

For years, research has shown again and again that moral disengagement influences how people will behave in a given situation.

When the retort has come to a bright cherry red heat, the disengagement of gas is most active.

It effervesces briskly with borax at the blow-pipe, in consequence of the disengagement of oxygen gas.

There are three simple attacks—the straight, the disengagement, and the counter disengagement.

The attack by disengagement is particularly effective following the press.

Example: Being at the engage, Number one, by disengagement at chest, thrust; 2.

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