Disengage

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • v. To release from something that holds fast, connects, or entangles. See Synonyms at extricate.
  • v. To release (oneself) from an engagement, pledge, or obligation.
  • verb-intransitive. To free or detach oneself; withdraw.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • n. A circular movement of the blade that avoids the opponent's parry
  • v. To release or loosen from something that binds, holds, entangles, or interlocks; unfasten; detach; disentangle; free.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • v. To release from that with which anything is engaged, engrossed, involved, or entangled; to extricate; to detach; to set free; to liberate; to clear
  • verb-intransitive. To release one's self; to become detached; to free one's self.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • To set free or release from pledge or engagement; release from promise, engagement, or vow.
  • To release or set free from union, attachment, or connection; detach; loosen or unfasten, and set free; release: as, to disengage a metal from its gangue, or a garment from a clinging bramble; to disengage the mind from study.
  • In fencing, to carry or pass the point of (the weapon) from one side to the other over or under the adversary's, when the previous relative position or engagement of the blades is to the opponent's advantage. The movement is executed by describing with the point of the weapon a very small circle. Rolando (ed. Forsyth).
  • To withdraw; become separated.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • v. release from something that holds fast, connects, or entangles
  • v. free or remove obstruction from
  • v. become free
  • Verb Form
    Cross Reference
    Hyponym
    dig out    disentangle    disencumber    loosen up    untangle    unstuff    unclog    extricate   
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    clear    disentangle    free    detach    withdraw    liberate    wean    extricate    loose   
    Rhyme
    Words with the same terminal sound
    Age    Cage    Gage    Osage    Page    Paige    age    assuage    backstage    cage