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disengaged adjective [ dɪsɪnˈɡeɪdʒd ]

• emotionally detached.
• "the students were oddly disengaged, as if they didn't believe they could control their lives"

disengage verb

• separate or release (someone or something) from something to which they are attached or connected.
• "I disengaged his hand from mine"
Similar: remove, detach, disentangle, extricate, separate, release, loosen, loose, disconnect, unfasten, unclasp, unclick, uncouple, decouple, undo, unhook, unloose, unhitch, untie, unyoke, disentwine, free, set free, liberate, disjoin, disunite, disarticulate,
Opposite: attach, connect,
• remove (troops) from an area of conflict.
• "the ceasefire gave the commanders a chance to disengage their forces"
Similar: withdraw, leave, pull out of, move out of, quit, retreat from, retire from, delink from,
Opposite: enter,
• pass the point of one's sword over or under the opponent's sword to change the line of attack.


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