Associations to the word «Disengagement»
Noun
Adverb
Wiktionary
DISENGAGEMENT, noun. Release or detachment from a physical situation or other involvement.
DISENGAGEMENT, noun. The separation or release of a chemical.
DISENGAGEMENT, noun. (dated) Leisure; relief from responsibilities or onerous activities.
DISENGAGEMENT, noun. (military) (politics) Withdrawal from combat, confrontation, or the assertion of influence.
DISENGAGEMENT, noun. Termination of an agreement to be married.
DISENGAGEMENT, noun. (fencing) A circular movement of the blade that blocks an opponent's parry.
DISENGAGEMENT, noun. (medicine) (obstetrics) The emergence of the fetus from the birth canal.
Dictionary definition
DISENGAGEMENT, noun. The act of releasing from an attachment or connection.
DISENGAGEMENT, noun. To break off a military action with an enemy.
Wise words
In words, as fashions, the same rule will hold; Alike
fantastic, if too new, or old: Be not the first by whom the
new are tried, Nor yet the last to lay the old aside.