Hypertext Webster Gateway: "disengagement"

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)

Disengagement \Dis`en*gage"ment\, n. [Pref. dis- + engagement:
cf. F. d['e]sengagement.]
1. The act of disengaging or setting free, or the state of
being disengaged.

It is easy to render this disengagement of caloric
and light evident to the senses. --Transl. of
Lavoisier.

A disengagement from earthly trammels. --Sir W.
Jones.

2. Freedom from engrossing occupation; leisure.

Disengagement is absolutely necessary to enjoyment.
--Bp. Butler.

From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)

disengagement
n 1: the act of releasing from an attachment or connection [syn:
{detachment}]
2: to break off a military action with an enemy [syn: {fallback},
{pullout}]

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