disengagement

Founding-era definition · Webster's 1828 American Dictionary

DISENGAGEMENT, noun 1. A setting free; separation; extrication. It is easy to render this disengagement of caloric and light evident to the senses. 2. The act of separating or detaching. 3. Liberation or release from obligation. 4. Freedom from attention; vacancy; leisure.
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