as in freeing
to set free from entanglement or difficulty
sought to disengage myself from the embarrassing situation
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as in detaching
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Recent Examples of disengaging
CNN Money, 25 Sep. 2025
Beware of when disengaging or limiting interactions is necessary for your own safety and well-being.
—Mark Travers, Forbes.com, 13 Sep. 2025
Bluesky users also appreciated the moderation on the platform and having the ability to block or mute people as a means of disengaging from more aggressive, unpleasant conversations.
—Jennifer Ouellette, ArsTechnica, 27 Aug. 2025
But disengaging from social media isn’t really an option, either, especially in an era when college athletes earn money by treating themselves like a brand—a right referred to as NIL (name, image, likeness).
—Frankie De La Cretaz, Vogue, 31 Mar. 2025
Avoiding is unassertive and uncooperative, where an individual tends to give up on their own needs and acquiesce to the desires of others by disengaging from the situation altogether.
—Ellen Choi, Forbes, 10 Mar. 2025
And that is the sense that supporters are not just selling their match tickets, but are emotionally disengaging from this particular campaign.
—Jack Pitt-Brooke, The Athletic, 2 Jan. 2025
Noun
Those could show up as working too much, playing too many video games, shutting down, disengaging from their partners.
—CNN Money, 25 Sep. 2025
Beware of when disengaging or limiting interactions is necessary for your own safety and well-being.
—Mark Travers, Forbes.com, 13 Sep. 2025
Bluesky users also appreciated the moderation on the platform and having the ability to block or mute people as a means of disengaging from more aggressive, unpleasant conversations.
—Jennifer Ouellette, ArsTechnica, 27 Aug. 2025
But disengaging from social media isn’t really an option, either, especially in an era when college athletes earn money by treating themselves like a brand—a right referred to as NIL (name, image, likeness).
—Frankie De La Cretaz, Vogue, 31 Mar. 2025
Avoiding is unassertive and uncooperative, where an individual tends to give up on their own needs and acquiesce to the desires of others by disengaging from the situation altogether.
—Ellen Choi, Forbes, 10 Mar. 2025
And that is the sense that supporters are not just selling their match tickets, but are emotionally disengaging from this particular campaign.
—Jack Pitt-Brooke, The Athletic, 2 Jan. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for disengaging
Verb
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Follow what feels fun and freeing, not forced.—
Valerie Mesa,
PEOPLE,
28 Oct. 2025
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Thuram drags Tchouameni into the space on the left and Koopmeiners runs towards Cambiaso, freeing up Yildiz to receive in space.—
Anantaajith Raghuraman,
New York Times,
25 Oct. 2025
Noun
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The recall comes six months after Tesla and the NHTSA recalled roughly 46,000 Cybertrucks that were at risk of a trim panel detaching.—
Ingrid Vasquez,
PEOPLE,
24 Oct. 2025
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As of October 23, the company had received 158 reports of the curling iron barrel detaching, including six minor burn injuries.—
Matthew Robinson,
MSNBC Newsweek,
24 Oct. 2025
Verb
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Detouring into satire would give that notion some pause and would give my writing some wings, liberating me from self-consciousness and untethering me from reality.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
15 Oct. 2025
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But liberating humans from work would also mean liberating them from their paychecks.—
Billy Perrigo,
Time,
9 Oct. 2025
Noun
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There's a lot of sadness that comes with the parting of certain people.—
Sydney Bucksbaum,
Entertainment Weekly,
21 Oct. 2025
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After parting ways Neal Brown last season, West Virginia tabbed a familiar face to rejuvenate the program.—
Steven Johnson,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
21 Oct. 2025
Verb
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Officers performed life-saving measures on Green before he was pronounced dead on location, Hoskin said.—
Perry Vandell,
AZCentral.com,
25 Oct. 2025
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Tyrod Taylor’s not saving the season anymore than Quinn Ewers is saving the show in Miami.—
Jeff Howe,
New York Times,
25 Oct. 2025
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“Disengaging.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/disengaging. Accessed 2 Nov. 2025.
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