disengage

disengage is a 9-letter English word with 5 senses as transitive verb, intransitive verb, and verb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: To release from that with which anything is engaged, engrossed, involved, or entangled; to extricate; to detach; to set free; to liberate; to clear; as, to disengage one from a party, from broils and controversies, from an oath, promise, or occupation; to disengage the affections a favorite pursuit, the mind from study. Face value is 12 in Scrabble and 15 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.

9 letters · Scrabble 12 · Words With Friends 15 · 5 senses

Definitions

1. transitive verb. To release from that with which anything is engaged, engrossed, involved, or entangled; to extricate; to detach; to set free; to liberate; to clear; as, to disengage one from a party, from broils and controversies, from an oath, promise, or occupation; to disengage the affections a favorite pursuit, the mind from study.
2. intransitive verb. To release one's self; to become detached; to free one's self.
3. verb. become free

   "in neutral, the gears disengage"

4. verb. free or remove obstruction from

   "free a path across the cluttered floor"

   Synonyms: free

5. verb. release from something that holds fast, connects, or entangles

   "I want to disengage myself from his influence"

   "disengage the gears"

   Synonyms: withdraw

Synonyms

free, withdraw

Common word forms

disengaged, disengages, disengaging, disengagement

Words from these letters

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