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.

Word History and Origins

Origin of disengagement¹

First recorded in 1640–50; disengage + -ment

Example Sentences

Trying to convert – to get a person to join, subscribe, buy or promote your brand – without the best possible fidelity around identity is difficult at best and may lead to dissatisfaction and disengagement if it goes sideways.

From Search Engine Land

Given those profiles of disengagement, I can then model at what point you are fully in this trust state.

From MIT Technology Review

Giving in to those tendencies in your workplace will only lead to misalignment, frustration and disengagement, especially in an ever-evolving industry like advertising technology.

From Digiday

All that will come from narrowing the curriculum is more loss and disengagement, rather than healing and repair.

From Washington Post

That was up from 1 mile per disengagement in 2018, according to data from the California Department of Motor Vehicles.

From Fortune

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

From The Daily Beast

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

From The Daily Beast

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

From The Daily Beast

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

From The Daily Beast

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

From The Daily Beast

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

From Project Gutenberg

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

From Project Gutenberg

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

From Project Gutenberg

The attack by disengagement is particularly effective following the press.

From Project Gutenberg

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

From Project Gutenberg

Related Words

• disconnection
• separation
• withdrawal