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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The Chiefs set up the fourth-and-1 dagger to Brown with a bootleg, freeing Mahomes to roll out to his right and complete the throw on the run.—
Pete Sweeney,
Kansas City Star,
29 Sep. 2025
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These include freeing up money that can be spent on other parts of the car, such as aerodynamic development.—
Madeline Coleman,
New York Times,
29 Sep. 2025
Verb
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Reframing failure in this way is liberating.—
Expert Panel®,
Forbes.com,
19 Sep. 2025
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Still, not every architect involved has found the project’s carte blanche approach liberating.—
Siobhan Reid,
Robb Report,
7 Sep. 2025
Noun
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And this led to the program parting ways with Pittman on Sunday in the middle of his sixth season at Arkansas.—
Reice Shipley,
MSNBC Newsweek,
28 Sep. 2025
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The actor thanked the Broadway star for stepping in and had some parting words for fans.—
Lisa Respers France,
CNN Money,
22 Sep. 2025
Verb
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Front man Coleman cuts a tall, brooding figure, saving his emotions for his vocal delivery and occasional pronouncements on the importance of faith.—
Brian McCollum,
Freep.com,
5 Oct. 2025
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The machine has a sleek, space-saving design, with a water tank positioned behind the unit.—
Mark Marino,
Bon Appetit Magazine,
4 Oct. 2025
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“Disengaging.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/disengaging. Accessed 6 Oct. 2025.
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