English Dictionary

disengagement

/ˌdɪs.ɪŋˈɡeɪd͡ʒ.mənt/

noun

Release or detachment from a physical situation or other involvement. / The release or separation of a chemical. / (dated) Leisure; relief from responsibilities or onerous activities.

The disengagement of the employees led to a decrease in productivity.

意味（1）

Release or detachment from a physical situation or other involvement.

My thanks to you for my speedy disengagement from the ridiculous accusation of Morris.

意味（2）

The release or separation of a chemical.

The Indians of the Orellanna, also, tell of horrible noises heard occasionally in the Paraguaxo, […] Others have endeavored to account for these discharges of mountain artillery on humbler principles; attributing them […] to the disengagement of hydrogen, produced by subterraneous beds of coal in a state of ignition.

意味（3）

(dated) Leisure; relief from responsibilities or onerous activities.

意味（4）

(military, politics) Withdrawal from combat, confrontation, or the assertion of influence.

意味（5）

Termination of an agreement to be married.

意味（6）

(fencing) A circular movement of the blade that blocks an opponent's parry.

There was a quick flash, a disengagement, a feint, a lunge that was like a man's, and as her long left arm shot out like lightning, her foil bent nearly double.

意味（7）

(medicine, obstetrics) The emergence of the fetus from the birth canal.