Disengage

Pronunciation

• IPA: /ËŒdɪs.ɪŋˈɡeɪdÊ’/Rhymes: -eɪdÊ’

Origin

From Middle French désengager

Full definition of disengage

Noun

1. (fencing) A circular movement of the blade that avoids the opponent's parry

Verb

1. (ambitransitive) To release or loosen from something that binds, holds, entangles, or interlocks; unfasten; detach; disentangle; free.
• 1982, Douglas Adams, Life, the Universe, and EverythingFord still had his hand stuck out. Arthur looked at it with incomprehension.
  "Shake," prompted Ford.
  Arthur did, nervously at first, as if it might turn out to be a fish. Then he grasped it vigorously with both hands in an overwhelming flood of relief. He shook it and shook it.
  After a while Ford found it necessary to disengage.